Mount Murchison Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Mount Murchison State School, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°20′09″S150°34′16″E / 24.3358°S 150.5711°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 128 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 1.684/km2 (4.362/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4715 [2] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 76.0 km2 (29.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Banana | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Murchison is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. [3]
In the 2021 census, Mount Murchison had a population of 128 people. [1]
Callide Power Station is in the south-east of the locality at 1092 Biloela Callide Road ( 24°20′47″S150°37′08″E / 24.3463°S 150.6189°E ). [4] [5]
Mount Murchison State School opened on 24 April 1935. [6] [7] The new school was built to cater for up to 24 students with a single 18x18 foot classroom with 8 foot verandas front and rear; it was a timber building with a galvanised iron roof and was built on the property of Mr C. G. Skinner. [8] [9] The teacher was Reg Davidson. [10]
Callide Power Station commenced operation in 1965. [11] It was officially opened by Queensland Premier Frank Nicklin on 21 August 1965.
The mobile library service commenced in 2004. [12]
On 25 May 2021, an explosion and subsequent fire at Callide Power Station caused a significant power outage that affected over 375,000 premises. [13] [14] [15] [16]
In the 2011 census, Mount Murchison had a population of 226 people. [17]
In the 2016 census, Mount Murchison had a population of 149 people. [18]
In the 2021 census, Mount Murchison had a population of 128 people. [1]
Callide Power Station is an coal-powered electricity generator with eight steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 1,720 megawatts (MW) of electricity. As of 2018, generation capacity was 1510 MW. [11]
Mount Murchison State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Lot 137 Dawson Highway ( 24°20′02″S150°32′16″E / 24.3338°S 150.5379°E ). [19] [20] [21] In 2013, the school had 16 students in a single multi-age class with one teacher. [22] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 33 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). [23]
There is no secondary school in Mount Murchison. The nearest secondary school is Biloela State High School in Biloela to the south-west. [24]
Banana Shire Council operate a fortnightly mobile library service to the school. [25] [26]
Biloela Dirt Riders operate the Stoneyridge Raceway on Cocups Road ( 24°21′24″S150°37′19″E / 24.3567°S 150.6219°E ). [27] [28] [29]
Biloela is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the shire. In the 2021 census, the locality of Biloela had a population of 5,692 people.
Banana is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Banana had a population of 348 people.
The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for 405 kilometres (252 mi) between Gladstone and Springsure where it terminates. From Gladstone to Rolleston it is signed as State Route 60, and then A7 onwards to Springsure. It continues west for another 247 kilometres (153 mi) as Dawson Developmental Road to Tambo on the Landsborough Highway. North of Springsure, A7 becomes the Gregory Highway.
Callide Power Station is an electricity generator at Mount Murchison, Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. It is coal powered with eight steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 1,720 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Callide A was commissioned in 1965, refurbished in 1998 and decommissioned in 2015/16. As of 2018, generation capacity was 1510 MW.
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