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Amamoor
Queensland
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Amamoor
Coordinates 26°20′43″S152°40′30″E / 26.3452°S 152.675°E / -26.3452; 152.675 (Amamoor (town centre))
Population720 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density20.87/km2 (54.1/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4570
Area34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Gympie Region
State electorate(s) Gympie
Federal division(s) Wide Bay
Localities around Amamoor:
Calico Creek Dagun Kybong
Amamoor Creek Amamoor Coles Creek
Kandanga Creek Kandanga Kandanga

Amamoor is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Amamoor had a population of 720 people. [1]

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Geography

Amamoor is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Gympie. The Bruce Highway passes to the east of the town and the Amamoor Forest Reserve is to the west.

Amamoor is situated on the Amamoor Creek which is a tributary of the Mary River. It is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil, Dagun, and Kandanga.

History

The town is named after a pastoral run held by J.D. McTaggart in the late 1850s. [4] It is an Aboriginal word meaning swimming in water or a swimming creek. [5]

When the construction of a railway line between Brisbane and Gympie was being contemplated in 1884–5, one of the routes being considered was through the Mary Valley. However, this was not the route chosen, and the residents of the valley who were disappointed at missing out on rail connection agitated for many years until the Mary Valley branch line was built. The first section south from Monkland to Kandanga (via Amamoor) was completed in October 1914 with Amamoor railway station ( 26°20′36″S152°40′27″E / 26.3432°S 152.6741°E / -26.3432; 152.6741 (Amamoor railway station) ) serving the locality. [6] The second stage to Brooloo was completed in April 1915. The final stage to Kenilworth was to be built in 1920 but was never completed. [7]

Amamoor Post Office opened around 1920. [8]

Amamoor State School opened on 10 October 1921. [9] In 1949 the former Bollier State School building was relocated to Amarmoor State School. [10] [11] Aramoor State School was relocated to its current location in Elizabeth Street in the 1950s. [12]

A Methodist church opened in 1935 at 9 Busby Road ( 26°20′42″S152°40′30″E / 26.3449°S 152.6749°E / -26.3449; 152.6749 (Amamoor Uniting Church (former)) ), later becoming Amamoor Uniting Church. It closed in 2017. [13]

On Mother's Day 1986, six families held the first service of a newly formed Wesleyan Methodist congregation. Initially they met in a farmhouse until they purchased and converted an industrial building into the Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church. [14]

In 1993, the services on the Mary Valley railway line were reduced, terminating at Melawondi, and the entire line was closed in 1994, ending Amamoor's rail connection. [7]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the locality of Amamoor had a population of 636 people. [15]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Amamoor had a population of 720 people. [1]

Heritage listings

Amamoor has heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

Amamoor State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2 Elizabeth Street ( 26°20′47″S152°40′23″E / 26.3464°S 152.6731°E / -26.3464; 152.6731 (Amamoor State School) ). [21] [22] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 78 students with 7 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). [23]

There are no secondary schools in Amamoor. The nearest secondary school is Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the south, but it only offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north. [24]

Amenities

Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 198 Amamoor Dagun Road ( 26°20′07″S152°39′53″E / 26.3354°S 152.66483°E / -26.3354; 152.66483 (Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church) ). It is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia. [25]

Events

Amamoor Creek State Forest Park is host to the annual Gympie Muster, a country music festival. [26]

Attractions

The Amamoor railway station is part of the Mary Valley Rattler.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Amamoor (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Amamoor – town in Gympie Region (entry 492)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Amamoor – locality in Gympie Region (entry 49837)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Amamoor (entry 492)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "ETYMOLOGICAL". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette . Vol. XLIV, no. 5761. Queensland, Australia. 2 December 1911. p. 7. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. 1 2 "About MVHR". Mary Valley Heritage Railway. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Imbil School centenary, 1897-1997 : incorporating Bella Junction, Bollier, Borumba Dam & Brooloo Schools, The Centenary Committee, 1997, pp. map, 10–17, ISBN   978-0-646-33095-2
  11. ↑ "£14,519 For State works". The Courier-mail . No. 3954. Queensland, Australia. 29 July 1949. p. 6. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Welcome to Amamoor State School". Amamoor State School. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Blake, Thom. "Amamoor Methodist Church". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "History". Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  15. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Amamoor (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  16. ↑ "Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds (entry 602792)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  17. ↑ "Amamoor General Store" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Amamoor Butcher Shop" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "Amamoor Hall" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  20. ↑ "Amamoor State School" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  21. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "Amamoor State School". Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  23. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  24. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  25. ↑ "South Queensland". Wesleyan Methodist Church Australia. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  26. ↑ "The Muster Site". Gympie Music Muster. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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