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| coordinates = {{coord|-25.3761|150.69|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Eidsvold West (centre of locality)}}
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As the name suggests, the locality is west of the town of [[Eidsvold, Queensland|Eidsvold]].<ref name="globe" />
There are two mountains in the south-east of the locality:
The [[Eidsvold–Theodore Road]] (State Route 73) runs through the locality from east (Eidsvold) to west ([[Cracow, Queensland|Cracow]]).<ref>{{google maps|url=https://goo.gl/maps/Vdrj5eMExE6xeskF9|title=Eidsvold West, Queensland|access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref>▼
* Mount Target ({{coord|-25.4889|150.9267|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Target}}) {{convert|220|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes">{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite QPN|33355|Mount Target|mountain in North Burnett Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>
* Quaggy Mountain ({{coord|-25.4359|150.7068|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Quaggy Mountain}}) {{convert|493|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|27728|Quaggy Mountain|mountain in North Burnett Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>
▲The [[Eidsvold–Theodore Road]] (State Route 73) runs through the locality from east (Eidsvold) to west ([[Cracow, Queensland|Cracow]]).<ref>{{google maps|url=https://
There are several state forests with the locality. Apart from these, the land use is almost entirely [[Pastoralism|grazing]] on native vegetation.<ref name="globe" />
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The name Eidsvold is the name of the pastoral run operated in 1847-48 by [[Archer brothers|Thomas Archer and David Archer]], using the name of the [[Eidsvoll|town in Norway]] where the [[Norwegian Constitution|Norwegian constitution]] was signed in 1814.<ref name=qpnl/> Although originally from Scotland, the Archer family immigrated to Norway prior to immigrating to Queensland.<ref>{{Citation |last=O'Keeffe |first=Mary |title=Archer, David (1816–1900) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/archer-david-2222 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-09-05 |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>
== Demographics ==
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Eidsvold West had a population of 68 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30957|name=Eidsvold West (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
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[[Category:North Burnett Region]]
[[Category:Localities in Queensland]]
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