Harlin


Harlin is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Harlin had a population of 173 people.

Geography

Harlin is a small town in South East Queensland. The town is on the Brisbane Valley Highway and the Brisbane River, north west of the state capital, Brisbane.

History

The town was named after Charlotte, wife of John Dunn Moore of the Colinton pastoral property. Their son William John Harlin Moore was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Harlin Post Office opened by September 1907 and closed in 1989.
Harlin Provisional School opened on 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Harlin State School.
The town was marooned during the 2011 Floods. Over 40 travellers were stranded by the dangerous and rising flood waters of the Brisbane River and the Ivory and Maronghi Creeks. They were housed by the publicans and owners of the Harlin Hotel and the Caltex service station from 9 January 2011, until the flooded creeks and rivers subsided.
At the 2011 census, Harlin and the surrounding area had a population of 534.

Heritage listings

Harlin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Harlin State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at Brisbane Valley Highway. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 65 students with 5 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff.