Lower Tenthill, Queensland

Lower Tenthill Queensland
Crops along Gatton Clifton Road, 2014
Lower Tenthill
Coordinates	27°36′20″S 152°14′21″E / 27.60556°S 152.23917°ECoordinates: 27°36′20″S 152°14′21″E / 27.60556°S 152.23917°E
Population	333 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s)	4343
LGA(s)	Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)	Lockyer
Federal Division(s)	Wright
Suburbs around Lower Tenthill: Grantham Placid Hills Gatton Winwill Lower Tenthill Woodlands Ma Ma Creek Upper Tenthill Ropely

Lower Tenthill is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the locality recorded a population of 333.^[1]

Agriculture has developed along Tenthill Creek which also forms part of both the western and eastern boundary of Lower Tenthill. Lower Tenthill Weir on Tenthill Creek, has a storage capacity of 70 ML and is used for the purpose of recharging groundwater supplies.^[2] The northern boundary follows Lockyer Creek. Two other creeks cross the area - Ma Ma Creek and Deep Creek.

Tent Hill Lower State School opened in 1873.^[3]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lower Tenthill (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. "Strategic Asset Management Plan" (PDF). Seqwater. 18 May 2009. p. 26. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
3. "Tent Hill Lower State School publisher=Department of Education, Training and Employment". Retrieved 15 October 2014.

External links

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