Eidsvold West, Queensland

Eidsvold West is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Eidsvold West had a population of 85 people.

Geography

As the name suggests, the locality is west of the town of Eidsvold.
There are two mountains in the south-east of the locality:

The Eidsvold–Theodore Road runs through the locality from east to west.
There are several state forests with the locality. Apart from these, the land use is almost entirely grazing on native vegetation.

The name Eidsvold is the name of the pastoral run operated in 1847-48 by Thomas Archer and David Archer, using the name of the town in Norway where the Norwegian constitution was signed in 1814. Although originally from Scotland, the Archer family immigrated to Norway prior to immigrating to Queensland.

In the, Eidsvold West had a population of 68 people.
In the, Eidsvold West had a population of 85 people.

There are no schools in Eidsvold West. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Eidsvold State School in Eidsvold to the east. However, the western parts of the locality might be too distant for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.