| Type: | suburb |
| Ashwell | |
| City: | Ipswich |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -27.625°N 152.5558°W |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 12 |
| Pop: | 97 |
| Postcode: | 4340 |
| Area: | 7.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 4.5 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Location1: | Rosewood |
| Dist2: | 24.1 |
| Dir2: | W |
| Location2: | Ipswich |
| Dist3: | 65.7 |
| Dir3: | WSW |
| Location3: | Brisbane CBD |
| Lga: | City of Ipswich |
| Stategov: | Ipswich West |
| Fedgov: | Blair |
| Near-N: | Tallegalla |
| Near-Ne: | Rosewood |
| Near-E: | Rosewood |
| Near-Se: | Rosewood |
| Near-S: | Lanefield |
| Near-Sw: | Lanefield |
| Near-W: | The Bluff |
| Near-Nw: | The Bluff |
Ashwell is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Ashwell had a population of 97 people.
Kunkala is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality (-27.6095°N 152.5618°W) near the Kunkala railway station on the now-closed Marburg branch railway line.[2] [3]
The origin of the name Ashwell is from a town in the United Kingdom by the name of Ashwell. Walter Loveday and Henry Stevens provided an acre each of land for a school in this district to be named Ashwell after Walter Loveday's farm titled Ashwell which he named after Ashwell, United Kingdom.[1]
Ashwell State School opened on 8 November 1887.
The name Kunkala may be an Aboriginal word for running fresh water.
At the Ashwell and nearby Lanefield recorded a population of 234.
In the, Ashwell had a population of 85 people.
In the, Ashwell had a population of 97 people.
Ashwell State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 35 Reinke Road (-27.6294°N 152.5565°W).[4] [5] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 4 teachers and 8 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).[6]
There is no secondary school in Ashwell. The nearest secondary school is Rosewood State High School in neighbouring Rosewood to the south-east.