Biddeston, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Biddeston is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

During that time it was run by the Anderson family of Biddeston Farm, which is probably the origin of the district name.

However, it was not until 14 October 1919 that the Biddeston State School finally opened, but with only a tent for a schoolroom for the 14 children enrolled under teacher Margaret Cecilla Cloherty Anderson.

It was not until 10 October 1921 that the Education Department built a one-room timber building to replace the tent.

Despite growing enrolment numbers, the Education Department would not enlarge the building apart from the addition of a verandah in 1927.

Biddeston State School opened in a tent, Queensland, 1919
The one-room school at Biddeston, circa 1921
Biddeston State School, 2014