Euramo, Queensland
Euramo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Euramo | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 18°00′16″S 145°53′46″E / 18.0044°S 145.8961°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 147 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 4.804/km2 (12.44/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4854 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 30.6 km2 (11.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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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 (18°00′00″S 145°52′00″E / 18.0000°S 145.8666°E) 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 (18°00′12″S 145°56′04″E / 18.0033°S 145.9344°E).[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 (18°01′00″S 145°53′00″E / 18.0166°S 145.8833°E).[7][4]
is an 88.74-hectare (219.3-acre) protected area in centre of the locality (18°00′09″S 145°53′59″E / 18.0025°S 145.8997°E).[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 18°00′36″S 145°56′05″E / 18.0101°S 145.9346°E).[6]
In the 2016 census, Euramo had a population of 147 people.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Euramo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Euramo – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45672)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Riversdale – locality unbounded in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 28537)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Euramo – railway station in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 40989)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Kirrama" (Map). Queensland Government. 1946. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Bellenden Plains – plain in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 2186)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Djilgarin Conservation Park – conservation park in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 39441)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- Cassowary Coast Region
- Localities in Queensland