Colinton

Colinton is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

Colinton is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Colinton had a population of 75 people.

The district takes its name from the pastoral run owned by the Balfour family which was in turn named for their home town in Colinton, Lothian, Scotland.In 1877, 23,000 acres (9,300 ha) were resumed from the Colinton pastoral run and offered for selection on 19 April 1877.Colinton Provisional School opened in 1879 but closed in early 1880. It reopened in 1906 and on 1 January 1909 became Colinton State School. It closed in 1969.The Colinton War Memorial was unveiled outside the School of Arts on 18 January 1917 by Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Stanley, Henry Plantagenet Somerset.In the 2011 census, Colinton was included within the neighbouring locality of Moore, which together had a population of 315 people.In the 2016 census Colinton had a population of 75 people.On 1 February 2018, Colinton's postcode changed from 4306 to 4314.