Adavale facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Adavale Queensland
Adavale Location in Queensland
Population	93 (2016 census)
• Density	0.004355/km2 (0.01128/sq mi)
Established	1880
Postcode(s)	4474
Area	21,356.4 km2 (8,245.8 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	931 km (578 mi) W of Brisbane 186 km (116 mi) W of Charleville 98 km (61 mi) N of Quilpie
LGA(s)	Shire of Quilpie
State electorate(s)	Warrego
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Localities around Adavale: Jundah Isisford Blackall Eromanga Adavale Lango Cooladdi Quilpie Quilpie Humeburn

Adavale is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people.

History

Stagecoach outside Adavale Post Office, 1907

StateLibQld 1 118076 Patrons of the Green Gate Hotel on the verandah, Adavale, 1928

First established in 1880, the town is believed to have been named for the wife of the Queensland Surveyor-General, William Alcock Tully. According to one tradition, the wife Ada lost her veil near the site, hence the original name of Ada's Veil. The town was once a thriving centre but the diversion of the proposed railway line to the south — through what would later become the town of Quilpie — saw the community dwindle away.

Adavale Post Office opened on 1 January 1881 and closed in 1991.

From 1889 to 1930, Adavale was the seat of local government, initially the Adavale Division and later its successor the Shire of Adavale.

The Adavale State School opened in 1888 as a provisional school, becoming a state school in 1909. It closed in 1968.

Transport

The town is only accessible along a gravel road from Charleville in the east, Quilpie in the south and Blackall in the north.

Geography

Between Adavale and Yaraka is Yapunyah waterhole.