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

[3] The locality is bounded to the north and east by the Great Dividing Range which also marks the border with New South Wales.

[3] The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some plantation forestry and irrigated cropping.

[6] In May 1873, there were many men working in the tin mines and there was an urgent need for a school for the "hundreds of children" living in the area.

The St Leonard's Tin Mine donated 2 acres (0.81 ha) of land for the school and the residents raised £80 to contribute to its establishment.