Ebenezer, Queensland

Ebenezer is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the, Ebenezer had a population of 301 people.

Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Bremer River and to north-east by the Yarrowlea-Jeebropilly railway line (a branch line off the Main Line railway). Despite the name, Ebenezer railway station is off Coopers Road in neighbouring Jeebropilly (-27.6659°N, 152.6546°W), just before the balloon loop at the end of the line.

In the west of the locality is a former coal mine. The rehabilitation of the site has been controversial.

Geiger Lagoon (-27.6602°N, 152.6291°W) is a lake created from the  22 ha site of the Jeebropilly West open-cut mine, which closed in 2001. The lagoon is named after the Geiger family, who were pioneer settlers from 1857 in the area.

Keanes Lagoon is a waterhole (-27.6608°N, 152.6083°W). It is named after the land owner John Richard Keane (1846-1927).

Apart from this the land use is a mix of rural residential living (mostly around Ebenezer Road and Mount Forbes Road) and grazing on native vegetation.

History
Seven Mile Creek State School opened on 2 November 1868. In 1888 it was renamed Ebenezer State School. It closed in 1957. It was located at 354-356 Ebenezer Road (opposite the junction with Turnbull Road, -27.66958°N, 152.62701°W).

The locality takes its name from the Ebenezer Wesleyan (later Methodist) Church which opened on Sunday 23 April 1871 at Seven Mile Creek. Ebenezer is from a Hebrew word meaning rock of faith. It was opposite the school at 1 Turnbull Road (corner of Ebenezer Road, -27.67°N, 152.6277°W). Now demolished, the church operated until at least 1942.

Demographics
At the, Ebenezer had a population of 386 people.

In the, Ebenezer had a population of 315 people.

In the, Ebenezer had a population of 301 people.

Education
There are no schools in Ebenezer. The nearest primary schools are Rosewood State School in neighbouring Rosewood to the north-west and Mutdapilly State School in Mutdapilly to the south-east. The nearest secondary school is Rosewood State High School in Rosewood.