Maidenhead, Queensland


Maidenhead is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales. In the, Maidenhead had a population of 20 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south and east by the Dumaresq River, which is also the border between Queensland and New South Wales.
Riverton Road enters the locality from the south-west and loosely follows the course of the river until it exits to the north-west.
The land use is mostly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing close to the Dumaresq River and in the centre of the locality.

History

The locality is named after an early pastoral run, which appears on an 1883 map. As at 2025, there was still a Maidenhead pastoral property in the locality.
Land in Maidenhead was open for selection on 17 April 1877; were available.

Demographics

In the, Maidenhead had a population of 14 people.
In the, Maidenhead had a population of 20 people.

Education

There are no schools in Maidenhead. The nearest government school is Texas State School in Texas to the north-west. There are no schools providing education to Year 12 nearby; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.