Caldervale, Queensland


Caldervale is a rural locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Caldervale had a population of 11 people.

Geography

The ridge of the Great Dividing Range passes through Caldervale and creates a drainage divide. The north and south of the locality are within the Warrego River drainage basin which becomes part of the Murray-Darling basin which enters the Southern Ocean at Lake Alexandrina in South Australia. The west of the locality is within the Cooper Creek drainage basin which ultimately ends at Lake Eyre. The east of the locality is within the Fitzroy River drainage basin which flows into the Coral Sea south of Rockhampton. The Pluto Timber Reserve is in the east of the locality.

History

In March 1881, the Caldervale pastoral station of was forfeited by its previous owner and sold to J. & R. Winton.
Malta Provisional School opened on 1881 and closed on 1883. Malta is the name of the parish and a pastoral property in the west of Caldervale. When it was sold by Joseph Henry Hoddinott to Edward Goddard Blume in 1924, the Caldervale pastoral station had an area of and carried 2,000 head of cattle.
In 1934, the cattle station was quarantined due to an outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle.
In 2014, Caldervale station, along with other pastoral properties owned by the Hughes family, became certified for its organic Wagyu beef production.

Education

There are no schools in Caldervale. However, neighboroughing Tambo has a primary and junior secondary school. There is no senior secondary school in the area but distance education would be available through the School of the Air.