Toompine, Queensland

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Toompine
Queensland
Toompine is located in Queensland
Toompine
Toompine
Coordinates27°13′21″S 144°21′40″E / 27.2225°S 144.3611°E / -27.2225; 144.3611 (Toompine (town centre))Coordinates: 27°13′21″S 144°21′40″E / 27.2225°S 144.3611°E / -27.2225; 144.3611 (Toompine (town centre))
Postcode(s)4480
Time zoneAEST (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]

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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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

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