Fordsdale, Queensland


Fordsdale is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region of South East Queensland, Australia.

Geography

The terrain in the area is rugged. Lower areas along the creeks have been farmed while the steep and elevated parts remain vegetated. Silky Oak Creek joins Ma Ma Creek, a tributary of Lockyer Creek at Fordsdale. Dwyers Scrub Regional Park has been established in the west.

History

The locality is said to be named after William Thomas Ford, a farmer of Mount Whitestone, who carried the mail from Grantham to Mount Whitestone run from 1896.
Ma Ma Creek Upper Provisional School opened on 8 July 1895 but was renamed Fordsdale Provisional School in 1896. On 1 January 1909 it became Fordsdale State School. The school closed in 1967.
At the 2011 Australian Census Forsdale and surrounds recorded a population 211.

Education

There are no schools in Fordsdale. The nearest primary school is in Mount Whitestone. The nearest secondary school is in Gatton.