Coordinates: 21°04′27″S 140°18′05″E / 21.0741°S 140.3013°E / -21.0741; 140.3013 (Malbon (town centre))

Malbon, Queensland

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Malbon
KuridalaQueensland
Streetscape, Malbon, circa 1940
Malbon is located in Queensland
Malbon
Malbon
Coordinates21°04′27″S 140°18′05″E / 21.0741°S 140.3013°E / -21.0741; 140.3013 (Malbon (town centre))
Postcode(s)4824
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Cloncurry
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal division(s)Kennedy

Malbon is a town in the locality of Kuridala in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.[1]

History

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The Town of Malbon is shown on a 1910 survey plan.[1]

Malbon Provisional School opened on 7 November 1911. It became Malbon State School on 1 June 1916. It closed on 8 August 1969.[2] The school was located at the southern end of town on the Malbon Selwyn Road (21°04′31″S 140°18′07″E / 21.0754°S 140.3019°E / -21.0754; 140.3019 (Malbon State School (former))).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Malbon – town in Shire of Cloncurry (entry 20691)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  3. ^ "Town map of Malbon". Queensland Government. 1960. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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