Toompine, Queensland

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Toompine
Queensland
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Toompine
Coordinates 27°13′20″S144°22′02″E / 27.2223°S 144.3673°E / -27.2223; 144.3673 (Toompine (town centre)) Coordinates: 27°13′20″S144°22′02″E / 27.2223°S 144.3673°E / -27.2223; 144.3673 (Toompine (town centre))
Postcode(s) 4480
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Shire of Quilpie
State electorate(s) Warrego
Federal division(s) Maranoa

Toompine is a town in the locality of Quilpie in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. [1]

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History

The town of Toompine was surveyed in 1870. The name is believed to derive from the Aboriginal name Thaumpine, meaning leech. [1]

Toompine Provisional School opened in 1900, In 1901 it became a half-time school in conjunction with Duck Creek Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher between the two school). The school closed in July 1902. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Toompine – town in Shire of Quilpie (entry 34918)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0