Freestone, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Freestone is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

James and Charles G. Wilson donated the land on their property adjacent to the main Freestone Road.

On Sunday 4 February 1866, the first service was held in the new Freestone Wesleyan Methodist Church, a wooden building 24 by 15 feet (7.3 by 4.6 m) at a cost of £64 4s 1d of which £50 was already promised.

[6] Later the church was relocated on the Wilson's property to its present location (165 Freestone Creek Road) where it was enlarged to be 35 by 21 feet (10.7 by 6.4 m).

[11] The opening was held on 30 September 1911 of the Maryvale branch line of the railway from Warwick which passed through Freestone Creek.

[14] On 5 June 1883, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge based in London gave £20 towards constructing a wooden church at Freestone Creek.

[17] Due to a dwindling and ageing population, the last service was held at St Luke's on 31 March 2018 (Easter Saturday) and it was deconsecrated on 7 July 2018 by Bishop Cameron Venables.

[22] The Freestone School of Arts officially opened on Wednesday 6 March 1901 despite very heavy rain.

[29][25][30] St Lawrence O’Toole Roman Catholic church was built in 1903 on land bought from the Glengallan Shire Council for £8.

The opening ceremony on Sunday 15 November 1903 in which Archbishop of Brisbane Robert Dunne dedicated the timber church to St Lawrence O'Toole, the heroic saint of Ireland.

[7] The Freestone branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association was established on 31 July 1946 with 36 initial members.

Freestone Uniting Church, 2007
St Luke's Anglican Church, 2007
Opening ceremony, St Lawrence O'Toole Catholic church, 1903
Former St Lawrence O'Toole Roman Catholic Church, 2007