Cement Mills, Queensland

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Cement Mills
Queensland
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Cement Mills
Coordinates 28°22′44″S151°34′29″E / 28.3788°S 151.5747°E / -28.3788; 151.5747 (Cement Mills (centre of locality))
Population11 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.0273/km2 (0.071/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4352
Area402.2 km2 (155.3 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Goondiwindi Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Cement Mills:
Gore Karara Greymare
Gore Cement Mills Palgrave
Terrica Terrica Goldfields

Cement Mills is a rural locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Cement Mills had a population of 11 people. [1]

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History

From 1916, Queensland Cement and Lime Company, based in Brisbane, obtained its limestone from the Gore area on the Darling Downs. A mail receiving office called Cementmills was opened at the company's works in about January 1918, being renamed to Cement Mills in March 1918. It was upgraded to a full post office on 20 April 1925. By 1937, the company ceased using limestone from the area in favour of the coral from Moreton Bay, resulting in the closure of the quarries and the cement mill. [2] [3] [4]

Gore State School opened on 20 January 1913. It was renamed Maxhill State School in 1927. In 1937, the school building was relocated to the cement mills and renamed Cement Mills State School. [5] The school closed on 21 February 1975. [6] In the 1980s, at the request of residents, the Inglewood Shire Council bought the school building and relocated it for use it as a public hall. [5] Its current location is on Cement Mills Road ( 28°20′30″S151°30′18″E / 28.3417°S 151.5051°E / -28.3417; 151.5051 (Cement Hill State School / Public Hall) ). [7] [8]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Cement Mills had a population of 13 people. [9]

In the 2021 census, Cement Mills had a population of 11 people. [1]

Education

There are no schools in Cement Mills. The nearest government primary schools are Karara State School in neighbouring Karara to the north and Amiens State School in Amiens to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Inglewood State School (to Year 10) in Inglewood to the west and Stanthorpe State High School (to Year 12) in Stanthorpe to the south-east. However, parts of Cement Mills are too distant to attend these secondary schools; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school. [10]

There are also non-government schools in Inglewood and Stanthorpe. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cement Mills (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Cement Mills – locality in Goondiwindi Region (entry 49640)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Queensland Cement and Lime Company/Qld Cement Limited" (PDF). Centenary Suburbs Historical Society Inc. June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "CLOSING DOWN". Warwick Daily News . No. 5600. Queensland, Australia. 1 July 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  5. 1 2 Blake, Thom (May 2011). "Goondiwindi Regional Council Heritage Survey". Goondiwindi Regional Council . p. 12. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  7. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Cement Mills public hall (former state school)". Google Street View . April 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cement Mills (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  10. 1 2 "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government . Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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