Cremorne, Queensland

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Cremorne
Mackay,  Queensland
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Cremorne Hotel surrounded by Barnes' coconut palms, early 1900s
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Cremorne
Coordinates 21°08′10″S149°11′35″E / 21.1361°S 149.1930°E / -21.1361; 149.1930 Coordinates: 21°08′10″S149°11′35″E / 21.1361°S 149.1930°E / -21.1361; 149.1930
Population33 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density10.00/km2 (25.9/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4740
Area3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
LGA(s) Mackay Region
State electorate(s) Mackay
Federal division(s) Dawson
Suburbs around Cremorne:
North Mackay North Mackay North Mackay
Mackay Cremorne Mackay Harbour
Mackay Mackay Mackay Harbour

Cremorne is a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Cremorne had a population of 33 people. [1]

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Geography

Looking from Mackay across the Pioneer River towards the Cremorne Hotel, circa 1907 StateLibQld 1 122238 Mackay Bridge over the Pioneer River, Mackay, ca. 1907.jpg
Looking from Mackay across the Pioneer River towards the Cremorne Hotel, circa 1907

Cremorne is on the northern bank of the Pioneer River in the centre of Mackay. The Forgan Smith Bridge crosses from central Mackay over the Pioneer River and through Cremorne to North Mackay. The Pioneer River forms the southern boundary of the locality and Barnes Creek forms the northern boundary. Most of the western part of the locality is parkland (largely undeveloped); there is a small number of industrial buildings around the Forgan Smith Bridge. [3]

History

Remains of the Cremorne Hotel North Mackay following the 1918 cyclone Remains of the Cremorne Hotel North Mackay following the 1918 cyclone.jpg
Remains of the Cremorne Hotel North Mackay following the 1918 cyclone

Arriving in 1863, John Greenwood Barnes was the first settler on the northern band of the Pioneer River. He experimented with growing edible tropical plants such as breadfruit, mango, guava, pineapples etc. on behalf of botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, the curator of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. However his greatest success was with coconut palms which he first planted in 1868 and then expanded to a plantation of 1200 trees. [4] [5]

In 1884, Barnes erected a two-storey hotel with a promenade roof. Working with his father-in-law William Seaward, he developed pleasure gardens called Cremorne Gardens thought to be modelled on the Cremorne Gardens in Melbourne (Barnes had lived in Victoria before moving to Queensland). [4] In January 1898 the hotel was damaged by Cyclone Eline and then demolished by the January 1918 cyclone. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cremorne (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Cremorne – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46772)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Cremorne". Mackay Regional Council. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "OUR WOOL TRADE". Mackay Mercury . Vol. 67, no. 48. Queensland, Australia. 15 October 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 26 October 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Further Particulars". Daily Mercury . Queensland, Australia. 28 January 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 26 October 2018– via National Library of Australia.

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