Eidsvold, Queensland

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Eidsvold | state = qld | image = Eidsvold, Queensland.jpg | caption = Eidsvold, 2011 | coordinates = {{coord|-25.3719|151.1230|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Eidsvold (town centre)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 9 | pop = 538 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4627 | area = 454.3 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 73.0  | dir1 = NW | location1 = Gayndah | dist2 = 226 | dir2 = WSW | location2 = Bundaberg | dist3 = 233 | dir3 = SSW | location3 = Gladstone | dist4 = 411 | dir4 = NW | location4 = Brisbane | lga = North Burnett Region | stategov = Callide | fedgov = Flynn | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | near-n = Ceratodus | near-ne = Eidsvold East | near-e = Grosvenor | near-se = Malmoe | near-s = Coonambula | near-sw = Eidsvold West | near-w = Eidsvold West | near-nw = Wuruma Dam }}

'''Eidsvold''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|d|z|v|oʊ|l|d}}) is a rural town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|11282|Eidsvold|town in North Burnett Region|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|45346|Eidsvold|locality in North Burnett Region|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref> The town is the self-proclaimed ''Beef Capital of the Burnett'' and is a hub for the regional cattle industry. In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Eidsvold had a population of 538 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== Geography == thumb|Arriving at Eidsvold from the north on the Burnett Highway, 2011|left Eidsvold is situated on the Burnett Highway approximately {{convert|430|km|mi|-1}} north of the state capital, Brisbane. The highway passes through the locality from the south-east to the north-east, passing through the town's main street (Moreton Street). The Mungar Junction to Monto branch railway passes from south-east to north-east through the locality, roughly parallel to the highway; the Eidsvold railway station serves the town.<ref>{{Queensland Globe|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> The Eidsvold–Theodore Road (State Route 73) runs south and then west from the town.<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Eidsvold+QLD+4627/@-25.3683047,150.9204613,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bc01182dc418373:0x400eef17f20c880!8m2!3d-25.3722214!4d151.1215415 |title=Eidsvold, Queensland |access-date=13 Aug 2019}}</ref>

== History == Wakka Wakka (Waka Waka, Wocca Wocca, Wakawaka) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Burnett River catchment. The Wakka Wakka language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the North and South Burnett Regional Council, particularly the towns of Eidsvold, Cherbourg, Murgon, Kingaroy, Gayndah and Mundubbera.<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/?embed=true|title=Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages map|author=|date=|website=|access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>

The town is named for Eidsvold Station, a nearby property, that is named for Eidsvoll, Norway (using the pre-1918 spelling) where the Norwegian Constitution was signed in 1814.<ref name="qpnt" /> The station was given this name by the Archer brothers, Scottish settlers who also had land holdings in Norway. The Eidsvold run was licensed to Thomas Archer in June 1848.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} left|thumb|Eidsvold school, 1887 Gold was discovered in the Eidsvold area by July 1887.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 1887 |title=OUR GOLDFIELDS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3474380 |accessdate=21 January 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XLIV |issue=9,205}}</ref> Miners quickly moved into the area.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 November 1887 |title=THE EIDSVOLD GOLDFIELD. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3482759 |accessdate=21 January 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XLIV |issue=9,301}}</ref> Eidsvold Goldfield was officially proclaimed on 17 November 1887.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 November 1887 |title=Official Notifications |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182630914 |accessdate=21 January 2025 |newspaper=The Week |location=Queensland, Australia |page=33 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXIV |issue=621}}</ref>

The Town Reserve, {{convert|3|mi}} east of the station homestead, was surveyed by Mark Shields in 1887.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 1887 |title=GYMPIE. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146779354 |accessdate=21 January 2025 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=4,462}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=29 October 1887 |title=ROUNDABOUT. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84113896 |accessdate=21 January 2025 |newspaper=Queensland Figaro And Punch |location=Queensland, Australia |page=15 (THE LADY SUPPLEMENT TO QUEENSLAND FIGARO) |via=National Library of Australia |volume=X |issue=249}}</ref> The town reserve was proclaimed on 19 March 1890.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

The post office opened 19 September 1887.<ref>Frew, Joan (1981) ''Queensland Post Offices 1842-1980 and Receiving Offices 1869-1927'', p. 263. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: published by the author, {{ISBN|0-9593973-0-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=11 April 1888 |title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146795072 |accessdate=21 January 2025 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=4,587}}</ref> left|thumb|Eidsvold State School, 1912 Eidsvold Provisional School opened on 1 April 1889 in a {{Convert|9 by 5|m|adj=on}} building with galvanised iron roof under teacher Arthur McKenzie.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-11 |title=History |url=https://eidsvoldss.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Eidsvold State School |language=en}}</ref> As miners and their families moved to Eidsvold, the number of students rose quickly and, in 1892, a new building was constructed as Eidsvold State School.<ref name=qfhs>{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}</ref> In 1965, the school expanded to offer secondary schooling to Year 10. IN 1986, the school expanded to offer Years 11 and 12.<ref name=":2" />

A police station was established in Hawkwood in 1881.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 1881 |title=LOCAL AND GENERAL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148662998 |accessdate=9 February 2025 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=2,561}}</ref> However, in August 1889, it was relocated to Eidsvold.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 August 1889 |title=Official Notifications. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19816791 |accessdate=9 February 2025 |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |page=419 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXXVI |issue=726}}</ref>

The Church of the Nazarene established a congregation in Eidsvold in 1950 and built a timber church at 12 Moreton Street in 1953.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Eidsvold Nazarene Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3274|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915093831/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3274 |archive-date=15 September 2021 }}</ref> However, the congregation declined and the church closed. The building was purchased by the local Uniting Church in Australia congregation, who had previously been meeting in the CWA rooms, and opened it as the Eidsvold Uniting Church on 23 February 1980.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Turner|first=Sam|date=2020-02-18|title=Eidsvold Uniting Church turns 40|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/central-and-north-burnett/eidsvold-uniting-church-turns-40/news-story/4bc3fb5b5b3e223396fe672791db954d|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-15|website=The Courier-Mail|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915093833/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/central-and-north-burnett/eidsvold-uniting-church-turns-40/news-story/4bc3fb5b5b3e223396fe672791db954d |archive-date=15 September 2021 }}</ref>

== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Eidsvold had a population of 459 people.<ref name="Census2006">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL319200|name=Eidsvold (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=25 October 2007|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Eidsvold had a population of 630 people.<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30553|name=Eidsvold (SSC)|access-date=21 August 2016|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Eidsvold had a population of 574 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30955|name=Eidsvold (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Eidsvold had a population of 538 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30946|name=Eidsvold (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

== Heritage listings == Eidsvold has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

* Eidsvold No.1 Cemetery, Cemetery Road<ref name=":1" /> * Eidsvold Homestead, Eidsvold Road<ref>{{cite QHR|15264|Eidsvold Homestead|600489|access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> * Dr Tom Bancroft's Laboratory, 22 Golden Spur Street<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|title=North Burnett Local Heritage Register|publisher=North Burnett Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816031644/https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Local-Heritage-Register2.pdf|archive-date=16 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> *former Eidsvold Court House, Hodgkinson Street<ref name=":1" /> *Eidsvold Goldfield (Mount Rose Mine), off Mount Rose Street<ref name=":1" /> *Eidsvold Racecourse, off Racecourse Road<ref name=":1" />

== Education == thumb|Eidsvold State School, 2024 Eidsvold State School is a government primary and secondary (Kindergarten-Year 12) school for boys and girls at 7 Hodgkinson Street ({{coord|-25.3723|151.1212|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Eidsvold State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList20182">{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eidsvold State School|url=https://www.eidsvoldss.eq.edu.au|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316160823/https://eidsvoldss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 92 students with 11 teachers and 12 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA20172">{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref>

== Amenities == Eidsvold has an R. M. Williams Australian bush learning centre, historical museum and complex, swimming pool, showground and bowling and golf clubs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

The North Burnett Regional Council operate a public library at 36 Moreton Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/library-services/|title=Library Services|website=Gympie Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131024809/https://www.northburnett.qld.gov.au/library-services/|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref>

The historical museum pays tribute to the 62 soldiers from the Eidsvold area that served in the First World War. Displays include photographs, medals and the Shire of Eidsvold Honour Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ww1/2017/12/14/eidsvolds-soldiers/|title=Eidsvold's soldiers|last=Every|first=Niles|date=14 December 2017|website=Queensland's World War 1 Centenary Blog|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417064018/http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ww1/2017/12/14/eidsvolds-soldiers/|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=live|access-date=16 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Eidsvold branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall at 40 Moreton Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Eidsvold Uniting Church is at 12 Moreton Street ({{Coord|-25.3660|151.1207|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Eidsvold Uniting Church}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eidsvold|url=https://centralburnettuc.org.au/eidsvold/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Central Burnett Uniting Church|language=en-AU|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509112404/http://centralburnettuc.org.au/eidsvold/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Eidsvold Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/2100-eidsvold-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915092101/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/2100-eidsvold-uniting-church |archive-date=15 September 2021 }}</ref>

== Notable residents == * David and Thomas Archer, pioneer settlers * Thomas Lane Bancroft, medical doctor, parasitologist, cotton breeder, naturalist, scientist * Jim Burrows, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Percy Byrnes, Member of the Victorian Legislative Council * David Farrell, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * George Farrell, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Trai Fuller, rugby league footballer * George Halford, Anglican bush brother and bishop of Rockhampton * Lindsay Hartwig, politician * Nev Hewitt, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * William Forster McCord, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Lloyd McDermott, Australia's first indigenous barrister and Australian rugby union player * Maureen Watson, Indigenous activist * R. M. Williams, bushman and entrepreneur

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{GeoGroup}} {{commons category-inline|Eidsvold, Queensland}} *[http://queenslandplaces.com.au/eidsvold-and-eidsvold-shire University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Eidsvold and Eidsvold Shire]

Category:Towns in Queensland Category:North Burnett Region Category:Localities in Queensland