Maryvale

Maryvale is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

Maryvale is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Maryvale had a population of 303 people.

The town's name is derived from a pastoral property name first used about 1847 probably by Patrick Leslie or James Hay.A pastoral station was selected in the area in about 1840 by John Cameron. However, Cameron found it difficult to transport the wool from their sheep down through Cunninghams Gap to be sold. Therefore, he relocated into the Fassifern Valley in 1842. The pastoral run at Maryvale was sold to Arnold Weinholt in 1848.

In 1911 the Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church jointly established a church in Maryvale, but later it was operated solely by the Methodists.Maryvale State School opened on 21 April 1913.Maryvale was the terminus for the Maryvale branch railway from Warwick. Maryvale Post Office opened by March 1914 (a receiving office had been open from 1913) and closed in 1981.On Monday 8 September 1924 the Reverend William Powning Glover placed the first stump into position for the construction of an Anglican Church on the site of the original Maryvale homestead built by Arnold Weinholt. It was considered an appropriate location as Canon Glennie, the first Anglican priest on the Darling Downs, had conducted services at the homestead. Glover announced the church would be dedicated to St Alban. On Sunday 22 February Archbishop Gerald Sharp opened and dedicated St Alban's Anglican Church. The church was built on 8 acres (3.2 ha) of ground and the architect was John Shedden Adam of Sydney, the brother-in-law of Reverend Glover.At the 2011 census, Maryvale and the surrounding area had a population of 350.In the 2016 census the locality of Maryvale had a population of 303 people.