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Gindie, Queensland

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Population
  
382 (2011)

State electorate(s)
  
Gregory

Postal code
  
4702

Postcode(s)
  
4702

Gindie
  
Comet

Federal division
  
Division of Flynn

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Lga
  
Central Highlands Regional Council

Gindie is a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Gindie had a population of 382 people.

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Map of Gindie QLD 4720, Australia

History

The name Gindie means "much brigalow".

Gindie Provisional School (also known as Gindie Siding Provisional School) opened 12 November 1897, becoming Gindie State School on 1 January 1909. The school closed in 1949 but later reopened.

The Gindie State Farm was established In 1898 to experiment with growing new kinds of crops in the district such as sorghum, maize and pumpkins. The farm closed in 1932.

Education

Gindie State School is a government co-educational primary (P-7) school located on the Old Cullen-La-Ringo Road. In 2013, the school had an enrolment of 40 students in two classes, P-2 and 3-7, with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent).

References

Gindie, Queensland Wikipedia