Mount Tarampa, Queensland
Mount Tarampa Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Lower Lockyer Creek, Mount Tarampa, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() Mount Tarampa | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°27′55″S 152°29′04″E / 27.4652°S 152.4844°ECoordinates: 27°27′55″S 152°29′04″E / 27.4652°S 152.4844°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 481 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 15.62/km2 (40.45/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4311 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 30.8 km2 (11.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Tarampa is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Tarampa had a population of 481 people.[1]
Geography[]
Lockyer Creek forms the southern and eastern boundary of the locality. Although the locality is predominantly flat farming land, there is a local prominence (also called Mount Tarampa) of 150 metres in the southern part of the locality.[3]
History[]
Mount Tarampa Provisional School opened on 23 July 1906, becoming Mount Tarampa State School on 1 January 1909.[4]
In the 2016 census Mount Tarampa had a population of 481 people.[1]
Education[]
Mount Tarampa State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at 9 Profkes Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 44 students with 4 teachers (3 equivalent full-time) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 equivalent full-time).[5]
Heritage listings[]
Mount Tarampa has the following heritage-listed sites:
- 9 Profkes Road: Mount Tarampa State School[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Tarampa (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Mount Tarampa – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44904)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Mount Tarampa State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Mt Tarampa State School (entry 602853)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
External links[]
Media related to Mount Tarampa, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons
- Suburbs of Somerset Region
- Localities in Queensland
- South East Queensland geography stubs