Euramo, Queensland

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Euramo
Queensland
Euramo is located in Queensland
Euramo
Euramo
Coordinates18°00′16″S 145°53′46″E / 18.0044°S 145.8961°E / -18.0044; 145.8961 (Euramo (centre of locality))
Population147 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density4.804/km2 (12.44/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4854
Area30.6 km2 (11.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hinchinbrook
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Euramo:
Jarra Creek Jarra Creek Silky Oak
Munro Plains Euramo Rockingham
Murray Upper Murrigal Rockingham

Euramo is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Euramo had a population of 147 people.[1]

Riversdale is a neighbourhood (

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18°00′00″S 145°52′00″E / 18.0000°S 145.8666°E / -18.0000; 145.8666 (Riversdale)) in the west of the locality.[3]

Geography[]

Euramo is bounded to the north by the Tully River and to the south by the Murray River.[4]

The Bruce Highway traverses the eastern part of the locality, entering the locality from the south-east (Murrigal) and exiting to the north-east (Silky Oak). The North Coast railway line also traverses the locality immediately to the west of the highway with the locality being served by Euramo railway station (

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18°00′12″S 145°56′04″E / 18.0033°S 145.9344°E / -18.0033; 145.9344 (Euramo railway station)).[4][5][6]

Bellenden Plains is a plain spanning much of Euramo and Murrigal to the south, mostly under 10 metres (33 ft) above sea level (

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18°01′00″S 145°53′00″E / 18.0166°S 145.8833°E / -18.0166; 145.8833 (Bellenden Plains)).[7][4]

is an 88.74-hectare (219.3-acre) protected area in centre of the locality (

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18°00′09″S 145°53′59″E / 18.0025°S 145.8997°E / -18.0025; 145.8997 (Djilgarin Conservation Park)).[8] Apart from that, the land use is predominantly growing sugarcane.[4]

History[]

Euramo State School opened on 19 September 1927. In 1930, a "new" school building was relocated from the closed Japoon West State School in Japoonvale to a site in Euramo donated by Mr J.A. Winter.[9][10] It closed on 1974.[11] The school was on the Bruce Highway (approx

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18°00′36″S 145°56′05″E / 18.0101°S 145.9346°E / -18.0101; 145.9346 (Euramo State School (site))).[6]

In the 2016 census, Euramo had a population of 147 people.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Euramo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Euramo – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45672)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Riversdale – locality unbounded in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 28537)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Euramo – railway station in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 40989)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Kirrama" (Map). Queensland Government. 1946. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Bellenden Plains – plain in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 2186)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Djilgarin Conservation Park – conservation park in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 39441)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Tenders". Cairns Post. No. 8682. Queensland, Australia. 21 November 1929. p. 4. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "EURAMO NOTES". The Northern Herald. Vol. XLIX, no. 528. Queensland, Australia. 16 April 1930. p. 45. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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