Tam O'Shanter, Queensland

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Tam O'Shanter
Queensland
Tam O'Shanter is located in Queensland
Tam O'Shanter
Tam O'Shanter
Coordinates17°54′50″S 146°03′42″E / 17.9138°S 146.0616°E / -17.9138; 146.0616Coordinates: 17°54′50″S 146°03′42″E / 17.9138°S 146.0616°E / -17.9138; 146.0616
Population0 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.000/km2 (0.00/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4852
Area20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Tam O'Shanter:
Granadilla Djiru Wongaling Beach
Granadilla Tam O'Shanter Wongaling Beach
Mount Mackay Carmoo South Mission Beach

Tam O'Shanter is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Tam O'Shanter had a population of 0 people.[1]

History[]

The locality presumably takes its name from Tam O'Shanter Point on the coastline nearby. The point was named by Captain Owen Stanley of HMS Rattlesnake after the barque Tam O'Shanter, which carried Edmund Kennedy's ill-fated expedition to North Queensland in 1848.[3][Note 1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Tam O'Shanter, of 270 tons (bm) and homeport Liverpool, had been launched at Workington in 1836.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tam O'Shanter (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Tam O'Shanter – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45759)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Tam O'Shanter Point – point in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 33218)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. ^ Lloyd's Register (1848), Seq.№T13.

Further reading[]

  • Mackness, Constance; Mackness, Constance, 1882-1973; Mission Beach - Bingil Bay Progress Association (1983), Clump Point and district : an historical record of Tom O'Shanter, South Mission Beach, Mission Beach, Bingil Bay, Garner's Beach and Kurrimine, G.K. Bolton, ISBN 978-0-9591796-0-6CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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