| Crinum Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Crinum | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°12′13″S148°16′06″E / 23.2036°S 148.2683°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 86 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.1713/km2 (0.4436/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4723 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 502.1 km2 (193.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Central Highlands Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Crinum is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] At the 2021 census, Crinum had a population of 86 people. [1]
The Kestrel coal mine is located in the locality ( 23°15′27″S148°18′02″E / 23.2574°S 148.3006°E ). It produced both thermal and coking coal. The mine has an estimated 50 to 100 megatonnes of coal. [3] It is part of the Kestrel coal reserve which spreads across Crinum and extends into neighbouring Lilyvale, Wyuna and Gordonstone, which has an estimated 100 to 500 megatonnes of coal. [3]
Although there are a number of the mines in the area, the predominant land use is grazing and cropping. [3]
Gregory Mine State School opened on 10 July 1978 but closed on 14 December 1979. [4]
Following the dismissal of a group of mine workers from the Gordonstone Coal Mine (later renamed by Rio Tinto to Kestral Coal Mine), the workers maintained a protest line from early October 1997 to August 1999, becoming Australia's longest running black coal labour dispute. In 1998 they erected a monument to the protest (the Lilyvale Stand Monument). [5]
In the 2016 census, Crinum had a population of 86 people. [6]
Crinum has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
There are no schools in Crinum. The nearest primary schools are Capella State School in Capella to the north-west and Emerald North State School in Emerald to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Capella State High School in Capella and Emerald State High School in Emerald. [3]
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