Upper Freestone, Queensland
Upper Freestone is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Upper Freestone had a population of 75 people.
Geography
Mount Dumaresq Conservation Park has two non-contiguous sections. The larger of the two is in the north of the locality extending further north into Gladfield.Freestone Creek enters the locality from the east on the boundary between Maryvale and Swanfels and flows through the locality exiting to the west. It is part of the Murray-Darling drainage basin.
History
Freestone Creek Provisional School opened on 19 October 1874. It was renamed Freestone Creek Upper Provisional School circa 1879. In 1885 it became Freestone Creek Upper State School. In 1940 it was renamed Freestone Upper State School. It closed in 1964. The school was on Upper Freestone School Road.In 1883, of land was reserved for the Upper Freestone cemetery. A cemetery trust was established in 1896. The cemetery closed in 1971. The only surviving part of the cemetery are a group of graves of the O'Dempsey family which have been maintained by the family. The cemetery is a field to the north of McMaster Road.
Demographics
In the, Upper Freestone had a population of 90 people.In the, Upper Freestone had a population of 75 people.