Description
Fairney View is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.
Fairney View is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Fairney View had a population of 223 people.
History
The locality takes its name from a pastoral property called Fairney Lawn operated by grazier Joseph North in 1841. It was also the name of the railway station opened in June 1884 on the now closed Brisbane Valley railway line. Queensland Railways Department records indicate that the meaning of the name Fairney View is ''view of ferns".In June 1872 a German Lutheran Church was opened.Tenders were called for the construction of a school building in Fairney View in October 1895. Fairney View Provisional School opened on 20 January 1896 under the direction of teacher Miss Harris. It became Fairney View State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1967.
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Population: 101-1000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 11.174 km2
Elevation: 51-200 metres
Town elevation: 63 m
Population number: 223
Local Government Area: Somerset Regional Council