Ropeley, Queensland

Ropeley
Queensland

Ropeley Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2006
Ropeley
Coordinates 27°39′23″S 152°15′00″E / 27.65639°S 152.25000°E / -27.65639; 152.25000Coordinates: 27°39′23″S 152°15′00″E / 27.65639°S 152.25000°E / -27.65639; 152.25000
Population 232 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 4343
LGA(s) Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s) Lockyer
Federal Division(s) Wright
Suburbs around Ropeley:
Lower Tenthill Woodlands Blenheim
Upper Tenthill Ropeley Blenheim
Upper Tenthill Ingoldsby Rockside

Ropeley is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] At the 2011 census, Ropeley had a population of 232 people.[1]

History

Rosenblatt family posing outside a wooden dwelling, Ropeley, Queensland

The Deep Gully Provisional School opened in 1890 and in 1892 was renamed Ropeley Provisional School. On 2 Sep 1901 it became Ropeley State School. The school celebrated its centenary in 1990.[3]

Education

Ropeley State School is a co-educational government primary school located at 4 Hodger Road, Ropeley.[4] In 2013, the school had 11 enrolled students with two teaching staff (one equivalent full-time).[5] In 2015, only one child was enrolled.[6]

The Ropeley Immanuel Lutheran Church was officially opened on Sunday 4 February 1923 with a crowd of approximately 1,200 people. The opening of the church brought together two previously separate Lutheran congregations in the district.[7]

Facilities

Reflecting its German heritage, Ropeley has one church, the Ropeley Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Ropeley has two cemeteries:

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ropeley (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ropeley (entry 44988)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "Queensland State and Non-State Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "2013 School Annual Report" (PDF). Ropeley State School. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Meet Ropeley State School's sole student". Brisbane Times. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "ROPELEY LUTHERAN CHURCH.". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia). 7 February 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

Further reading

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