# Fernlees

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**Fernlees** is a rural town in the [locality](/source/Suburbs_and_localities_(Australia)) of [Gindie](/source/Gindie,_Queensland), [Central Highlands Region](/source/Central_Highlands_Region), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia.[1]

## Geography

The [Gregory Highway](/source/Gregory_Highway) passes north-south through the town.[2]

## History

Fernlees railway station ([23.8554°S 148.1241°E](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=-23.8554_148.1241&title=Fernlees%20railway%20station)) was on the [Springsure railway branch line](/source/Springsure_railway_branch_line) which opened on 15 August 1887.[3]

Fernlees State School opened on 20 September 1951 and closed in 1953.[4] It was on a 2-acre (0.81-hectare) site off to the west the Gregory Highway north of the town (approx [23.8479°S 148.1214°E](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=-23.8479_148.1214&title=Fernlees%20State%20School%20(former))).[5][2]

Fernlees Methodist Church was established in 1959 at 2780 Gregory Highway ([23.8564°S 148.1252°E](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=-23.8564_148.1252&title=Fernless%20Methodist%2FUniting%20Church%20(former))). Following the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the [Uniting Church in Australia](/source/Uniting_Church_in_Australia) in 1977, it became the Fernlees Uniting Church. It closed in 2007. It is now a private residence.[6][7][8]

## Education

There are no schools in Fernlees. The nearest government primary school is [Gindie State School](/source/Gindie_State_School) in [Gindie](/source/Gindie) to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are [Springsure State School](/source/Springsure_State_School) (to Year 10) in [Springsure](/source/Springsure) to the south and [Emerald State High School](/source/Emerald_State_High_School) (to Year 12) in [Emerald](/source/Emerald,_Queensland) to the north.[2]

## References

1. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

1. ["Our history: 1880s"](https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/History/Pages/1880s.aspx). *[Queensland Rail](/source/Queensland_Rail)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210625052311/https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/History/Pages/1880s.aspx) 25 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-07-22.

1. Queensland Family History Society (2010), *Queensland schools past and present*, Version 1.01 ed., [Queensland Family History Society](/source/Queensland_Family_History_Society), ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

1. ["Town of Fernlees"](https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-fernlees-1972.jpg) (Map). [Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government). 1972. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200717111554/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-fernlees-1972.jpg) 17 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

1. Blake, Thom. ["Fernlees Methodist Church"](https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5257). *Queensland religious places database*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210917040941/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5257) 17 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-09-17.

1. ["Gift of a Church – a mix of mission and service | Emerald Uniting Church"](https://www.emeraldunitingchurch.org.au/?page_id=21). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210323101128/https://www.emeraldunitingchurch.org.au/?page_id=21) 23 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-09-17.

1. ["Emerald Uniting Church"](https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/7199-emerald-uniting-church). *Churches Australia*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210917041105/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/7199-emerald-uniting-church) 17 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-09-17.

## External links

- ["Town map of Fernlees"](https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-fernlees-1972.jpg). [Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government). 1972.

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