# Riverleigh > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Riverleigh > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Riverleigh.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverleigh > Source revision: 1343395366 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Riverleigh | city = | state = qld | image = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|-25.5844|151.2233|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Riverleigh (centre of locality)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 10 | pop = 95 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = | established = | postcode = 4626 | area = 60.7 | timezone = [AEST](/source/AEST) | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 9.6 | dir1 = W | location1 = [Mundubbera](/source/Mundubbera) | dist2 = 30.4 | dir2 = SSE | location2 = [Eidsvold](/source/Eidsvold%2C_Queensland) | dist3 = 46.1 | dir3 = W | location3 = [Gayndah](/source/Gayndah) | dist4 = 194 | dir4 = W | location4 = [Maryborough](/source/Maryborough%2C_Queensland) | dist5 = 369 | dir5 = NW | location5 = [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane) | lga = North Burnett Region | stategov = [Callide](/source/Electoral_district_of_Callide) | fedgov = [Flynn](/source/Division_of_Flynn) | near-n = [O'Bil Bil](/source/O'Bil_Bil%2C_Queensland) | near-ne = [O'Bil Bil](/source/O'Bil_Bil%2C_Queensland) | near-e = [Mundubbera](/source/Mundubbera%2C_Queensland) | near-se = [Boynewood](/source/Boynewood%2C_Queensland) | near-s = [Derri Derra](/source/Derri_Derra%2C_Queensland) | near-sw = [Dykehead](/source/Dykehead%2C_Queensland) | near-w = [Coonambula](/source/Coonambula%2C_Queensland) | near-nw = [Coonambula](/source/Coonambula%2C_Queensland) }} '''Riverleigh''' is a rural [locality](/source/Suburbs_and_localities_(Australia)) in the [North Burnett Region](/source/North_Burnett_Region), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia.{{cite QPN|45413|Riverleigh|locality in North Burnett Region|access-date=7 March 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Riverleigh had a population of 95 people. == Geography == The locality is bounded to the north, west and south by the [Burnett River](/source/Burnett_River). The land is used for farming.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 November 2021}} == History == Riverleigh State School opened 15 October 1913. It was mothballed on 31 December 2009 and closed on 31 December 2010.{{Cite QSA Agency|5661|Riverleigh State School|9 April 2022 }}{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=[Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government)}} The school was located at 289 Coonambula-Eidsvold Road ({{Coord|-25.5855|151.2121|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Riverleigh State School (former)}}).{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/full-school-assets-sale-list/news-story/2671328af630735ef92c35ae2b33ac0a|title=Full school assets sale list|last=Chiclcott|first=Tanya|date=7 June 2013|work=[The Courier-Mail](/source/The_Courier-Mail)|access-date=30 October 2019|last2=Vlasic|first2=Kimberley|language=en}} The school's website was archived.{{Cite web |date=2009-10-13 |title=Riverleigh State School |url=http://riverleiss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013222227/http://riverleiss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/ |archive-date=2009-10-13 |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Riverleigh State School}} A Methodist church opened at Riverleigh in 1921.{{cite news|date=28 October 1921|title=WIDE BAY AND BURNETT|page=3 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Telegraph_(Brisbane))|issue=15263|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179624235|access-date=30 November 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409021049/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179624235|url-status=live}} In 1928, it was decided to relocate the church building to be nearer to the state school,{{cite news |date=8 August 1928 |title=RIVERLEIGH. |page=6 |newspaper=[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser](/source/Maryborough_Chronicle%2C_Wide_Bay_and_Burnett_Advertiser) |issue=18,267 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151118075 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}} with the church being re-opened in the new location on Sunday 21 October 1928.{{cite news |date=3 November 1928 |title=RIVERLEIGH. |page=14 |newspaper=[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser](/source/Maryborough_Chronicle%2C_Wide_Bay_and_Burnett_Advertiser) |issue=18,340 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151127631 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}} The [Monto railway line](/source/Monto_railway_line) was extended to [Mundubbera](/source/Mundubbera_railway_station) on 3 February 1914. The next stage to [Ceratodus](/source/Ceratodus_railway_station) which passed through Riverleigh was opened on 26 April 1924, with Riverleigh being served by: * Lacon railway station ({{coord|-25.6049|151.2594|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Lacon railway station (former)}}){{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government)}} * Riverleigh railway station ({{coord|-25.5751|151.2000|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Riverleigh railway station (former)}}) Riverleigh Apostolic Church opened on Sunday 27 May 1928 by the Reverend Jacob Dietz. The four-acre site included an earlier church and cemetery.{{cite news |date=9 June 1928 |title=RIVERLEIGH. |page=4 |newspaper=[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser](/source/Maryborough_Chronicle%2C_Wide_Bay_and_Burnett_Advertiser) |issue=18,217 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150987919 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}}{{cite news |date=28 August 1941 |title=REV. J. DEITZ |page=7 |newspaper=[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser](/source/Maryborough_Chronicle%2C_Wide_Bay_and_Burnett_Advertiser) |issue=21,776 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152133506 |via=National Library of Australia |access-date=9 April 2022}} The last train on the Monto railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 the line was officially closed.{{Cite news |last=Gough |first=Emma |date=2012-06-07 |title=Last train out of Monto gone |work=[The Courier Mail](/source/The_Courier_Mail) |url=https://www.newsregionalmedia.com.au/news/last-train-out-of-monto-gone/news-story/a2c5b2acd42176a01872884e0a33af7d |access-date=2021-12-05}} == Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Riverleigh had a population of 80 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32462|name=Riverleigh (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Riverleigh had a population of 95 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32439|name=Riverleigh (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}} == Education == There are no schools in Riverleigh. The nearest government school is [Mundubbera State School](/source/Mundubbera_State_School) in neighbouring [Mundubbera](/source/Mundubbera) to the east which offers Prep-10 education. For Years 11-12 education, the nearest government school is [Eidsvold State School](/source/Eidsvold_State_School) at [Eidsvold](/source/Eidsvold%2C_Queensland) to the north-west. == References == {{reflist}} == Further reading == * {{cite book |last=Crofts |first=Susan |title=Meadows by the river : a history of the Riverleigh, Malmoe and O’Bil Bil areas |date=2012 |publisher=Susan Crofts}} — [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma9914423904702061 via State Library of Queensland]. {{North Burnett Region}} Category:North Burnett Region Category:Localities in Queensland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Riverleigh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverleigh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverleigh?action=history)). 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