Adavale

Adavale is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia.

Adavale is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people.

The town is named after Ada Constance Stevens (wife ofErnest James Stevens). The Stevens family had the Tintinchilla (later Milo) pastoral run in the area. There is a story that Ada lost her hat veil where the Milo road crosses Blackwater Creek.Town and suburban lots in the town of Adavale were sold on 9 February 1881 at Charleville.Adavale Post Office opened on 1 January 1881 and closed in 1991.Milo Station Provisional School opened circa 1888and closed circa 1891. It reopened as Milo Provision School circa 1902 and closed circa 1905.Adavale Provisional School opened on 8 October 1888. On 1 January 1909 it became Adavale State School. It closed on 31 December 1968. The school was on Nelson Street (25.9063°S 144.5985°E? / -25.9063; 144.5985? (Adavale State School (former))).From 1889 to 1930, Adavale was the seat of local government, initially called Adavale Division and later the Shire of Adavale. The town wasa thriving centre but, in 1917 the Western railway line did not come to the town as expected but passed further to the south where the new town of Quilpie was created along the railway line, and soon became the major town in the region while Adavale diminished. In 1930 it was decided that the seat of local government should move from Adavale to Quilpie and the Shire of Adavale was renamed the Shire of Quilpie.At the 2006 census, Adavale and the surrounding area had a population of 141, with the town itself having an estimated population of around 15.In the 2016 census the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people.