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Provisional School was operating in 1881 but closed in 1882 due to low student numbers; its opening date is unknown.
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the runways and taxiways, and reopening the airfield in 1990 as the Watts Bridge
Memorial Airfield. The name
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677:. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3.
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488:Cressbrook Homestead
420:27.0771°S 152.4209°E
394:visiting ministers.
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318:, Australia. In the
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990:"Airfield location"
617:State of Queensland
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838:Cressbrook Station
701:"EDUCATION REPORT"
689:– via Trove.
613:"Queensland Globe"
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1371:Mount Beppo
1286:Ivory Creek
1136:Banks Creek
804:24 February
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469:Toogoolawah
457:2021 census
450:2016 census
423: /
410:152°25′15″E
365:, England.
320:2021 census
306:is a rural
283:Mount Beppo
278:Toogoolawah
251:Scrub Creek
178:Toogoolawah
137:Postcode(s)
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82:152°26′04″E
69:Coordinates
1536:Categories
1476:Villeneuve
1351:Monsildale
1206:Cressbrook
1181:Coal Creek
1156:Brightview
1131:Avoca Vale
1115:Queensland
1112:South East
935:20 October
528:References
429: (
407:27°04′38″S
363:Derbyshire
359:Cressbrook
316:Queensland
304:Cressbrook
267:Cressbrook
119:121 (
116:Population
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30:Queensland
25:Cressbrook
1316:Lark Hill
1281:Hazeldean
1211:Crossdale
1176:Clarendon
1171:Caboonbah
848:31 August
622:11 August
463:Education
382:in 1907.
329:Geography
164:UTC+10:00
155:Time zone
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1416:Prenzlau
1401:Murrumba
1326:Lockrose
1321:Linville
1301:Kingaham
1271:Haigslea
1261:Glenfern
1256:Glen Esk
1241:Fernvale
1201:Coominya
1186:Colinton
1151:Braemore
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