Ashwell, Queensland

Ashwell is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the, Ashwell had a population of 97 people.

Geography

Kunkala is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality near the Kunkala railway station on the now-closed Marburg [branch railway line].

History

The origin of the name Ashwell is from a town in the United Kingdom by the name of Ashwell. Walter Loveday and Henry Stevens provided an acre each of land for a school in this district to be named Ashwell after Walter Loveday's farm titled Ashwell which he named after Ashwell, United Kingdom.
Ashwell State School opened on 8 November 1887.
The name Kunkala may be an Aboriginal word for ''running fresh water.''

Demographics

In the, Ashwell and nearby Lanefield had a population of 234 people.
In the, Ashwell had a population of 85 people.
In the, Ashwell had a population of 97 people.

Education

Ashwell State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 35 Reinke Road. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 4 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff.
There is no secondary school in Ashwell. The nearest government secondary school is Rosewood State High School in neighbouring Rosewood to the south-east.