Lake Clarendon, Queensland


Lake Clarendon is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

The locality takes its name from the lake created by the Lake Clarendon Dam. Lockyer Creek forms the southern boundary of the locality.

History

Clarendon Provisional School opened on circa 1882. In 1903 it was renamed Springdale Provisional School. It became Springdale State School on 1 January 1909, but closed later in 1909. Its precise location is not known but it was in the vicinity of the intersection of Adare, Lake Clarendon and Spring Creek.
Lake Clarendon State School opened on 9 June 1902.
St Edmund's Anglican Church was dedicated on 16 April 1910 by Archdeacon Henry Le Fanu. It closed circa 1960.
On 9 March 1914, the Lake Clarendon Lower State School opened but was renamed a few months later to be Morton Vale State School; it closed in 1981.

Heritage listings

Lake Clarendon has the following heritage sites:
Lake Claredon State School is a government co-educational primary school at 35 Lake Clarendon Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 146 students with 13 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff.