Roadvale

Roadvale is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.

Roadvale is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Roadvale had a population of 286 people.

The locality takes its name from its former railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1887, because of its location at a road junction.The Fassifern railway line (Queensland's first branch railway line) opened from Ipswich to Harrisville on 10 July 1882. On 12 September 1887 the line was extended to Dugundan with the Roadvale district being served by Roadvale railway station on the corner of Wilsons Plains Road and Redhill Road (27.9164°S 152.6839°E? / -27.9164; 152.6839? (Roadvale railway station)). The line closed in June 1964.St Andrew's Anglican Church was dedicated on 11 May 1912 by Venerable Henry Le Fanu, the Archdeacon of Toowoomba. In 1926, the church closed and the building was relocated to Camp Hill in Brisbane to become the Anglican Church of the Annunciation.In 1915 most of the town was destroyed by fire.Despite rebuilding many businesses the town has never recovered from the devastating fire.

At the 2006 census, Roadvale and the surrounding area had a population of 559.