Description
Calvert is a rural town and locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Calvert is a rural town and locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Calvert had a population of 313 people.
History
The district originally contained an inn opened in 1843 by Owens, later sold to McKeon, and was surveyed in 1854 as the village of Alfred, becoming a stopping place on the coach route the same year. On the 9 March 1931, the district was renamed to Calvert.Calvert was not one of the original stations on the Main Line railway passing through the district, however in 1865 residents petitioned for a station. In 1866 Western Creek station opened, renamed Calvert in 1884.Alfred State School opened on 11 March 1872. In 1910 it was renamed Calvert State School. It closed in 1972.In the 2016 census the locality of Calvert had a population of 313 people, and increase from a population of 281 in the 2011 census.
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Population: 101-1000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 44.177 km2
Elevation: 51-200 metres
Town elevation: 62 m
Population number: 313
Local Government Area: Ipswich City Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Calvert, Queensland