Corfield, Queensland facts for kids
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The historic Corfield Pub. A sign promoting the Corfield Cup can also be seen.
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 Corfield
Location in Queensland
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| Population | 183 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4733 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Winton | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Corfield is a town and locality in the Shire of Winton in north-western Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Corfield had a population of 183 people.
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Geography
The town is on the Kennedy Developmental Road—the road linking Winton and Hughenden—1,438 kilometres (894 mi) north west of the state capital Brisbane and 513 kilometres (319 mi) south east of regional centre of Townsville.
History
In its earlier incarnation as a Cobb & Co changing station along the Hughenden to Winton mail route, the locality was named Manuka—after a nearby sheep station. When the railway linking Hughenden and Winton was built in 1899, the town was moved 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west to the line and renamed Corfield after William Henry Corfield—a local carrier and businessman and later, a politician. The population of the town peaked at around thirty to forty residents and facilities included "five railway houses, plus the station master’s house, a post office, two petrol depots, a hotel and a school and teacher’s house ... a goods shed and railway building."
Corfield Post Office opened on 5 October 1898 and closed in 1991.
Corfield State School opened on 4 February 1957 and closed on 31 January 1975. It reopened on 27 January 1976 but closed again on 15 December 1989.
At the 2006 census, Corfield and the surrounding area had a population of 162.
Facilities
Corfield has since declined and now has a permanent village population of seven. The Corfield Pub is the main community facility in the village.
Events
The major social event in Corfield is the Corfield Cup—a pun on the better known Caulfield Cup run in Melbourne—run in early August.
