Tansey, Queensland

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Tansey
Queensland
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Burnett Highway passing through Tansey, 2019
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Tansey
Coordinates 26°01′27″S152°02′35″E / 26.0241°S 152.0430°E / -26.0241; 152.0430 Coordinates: 26°01′27″S152°02′35″E / 26.0241°S 152.0430°E / -26.0241; 152.0430
Population144 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.3665/km2 (0.949/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4601
Area392.9 km2 (151.7 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Gympie Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal division(s) Wide Bay
Localities around Tansey:
Booubyjan Malarga Gigoomgan
Calgoa
Booubyjan Tansey Mudlo
Cobbs Hill Boonara Kilkivan
Cinnabar

Tansey is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census, Tansey had a population of 144 people. [1]

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Geography

The north and centre of the locality is within Grongah National Park, which extends into neighbouring localities Malarga, Gigoomgan, Calgoa, and Mudlo. Apart from the national park, the predominant land use is cattle grazing. [4]

The Burnett Highway passes through the south-west of the locality from Boonara in the south to Booubyjan in the west. The town is located on the highway at its intersection with the Kilkivan Tansey Road, which provides a connection to Kilkivan. [4]

History

Apostolic Church, Tansey, 1975 Apostolic Church of Queensland Church, Tansey, Queensland, 1975.jpg
Apostolic Church, Tansey, 1975

The town takes its name from selector Michael Tansey, a resident on "Lakeview" from 1877. [2]

On 26 September 1926, an Apostolic church was opened by Reverend W. Neimeyer. [5] [6] It was at 103 Wittenberg Road ( 26°02′24″S152°02′18″E / 26.0399°S 152.0384°E / -26.0399; 152.0384 (Tansey Apostolic Church (former)) ). Circa 1997, the church was relocated to 19 Olive Street, Goomeri. [7] [8] [9]

Tansey State School opened on 6 June 1916. It closed on 13 December 1996. [10] [11] It was on Planted Creek Road (approx 26°01′24″S152°02′38″E / 26.0232°S 152.0439°E / -26.0232; 152.0439 (Tansey State School (former)) ). [12] [13] [14] [4]

Previously, an abbotoir (Anstey) operated, as did a local butter factory.[ citation needed ]

Tansey suffered considerable damage when a tornado struck the community in October 2018. [15] The Bureau of Meteorology said the tornado hit the town just after 3pm on 11 October 2018. [16]

Education

There are no schools in Tansey. The nearest government primary schools are Kilkivan State School in neighbouring Kilkivan to the south-east and Goomeri State School in Goomeri to the south. Both of these schools also provide secondary education to Year 10. For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest government schools are Murgon State High School in Murgon to the south and James Nash State High School in Gympie to the south-east. [4]

Amenities

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Tansey Cemetery, 2019

There is a showgrounds, bowls club and community hall in Tansey.

Tansey Cemetery is at the end of Tansey Cemetery Road (off the Burnett Highway, 26°01′44″S152°02′27″E / 26.0288°S 152.0407°E / -26.0288; 152.0407 (Tansey Cemetery) ). [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tansey (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Tansey – town in Gympie Region (entry 33304)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tansey – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46382)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "GOOMERI". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser . No. 17, 705. Queensland, Australia. 9 October 1926. p. 10. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "SOUTH BURNETT". Daily Mail . No. 7678. Queensland, Australia. 8 October 1926. p. 3. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "The Apostolic Church of Queensland - Goomeri". Churches Australia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Blake, Thom. "Tansey Apostolic Church". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Blake, Thom. "Goomeri Apostolic Church". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  11. ↑ "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government . 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Town of Tansey" (Map). Queensland Government. 1963. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Kilkivan" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Parish of Boonara" (Map). Queensland Government. 1973. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  15. ↑ Chuddihy, Marguerite (12 October 2018). "There is immense destruction". South Burnett Times . Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Town pounded by tornado as storms hit South Burnett". ABC News . 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Gympie Region Cemeteries". Gympie Regional Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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