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Ellinjaa, Queensland

Coordinates: 17°30′28″S 145°39′42″E / 17.5077°S 145.6616°E / -17.5077; 145.6616
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Ellinjaa
Queensland
Ellinjaa is located in Queensland
Ellinjaa
Ellinjaa
Coordinates17°30′28″S 145°39′42″E / 17.5077°S 145.6616°E / -17.5077; 145.6616
Population66 (SAL 2021)[1]
Area26.0 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
LGA(s)Tablelands Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Ellinjaa:
Millaa Millaa Millaa Millaa Wooroonooran
Millaa Millaa Ellinjaa Wooroonooran
Millaa Millaa Mungalli Wooroonooran

Ellinjaa is a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]

History

The name of the locality probably derives from nearby Ellinjaa Creek and Ellinjaa Falls.[2]

Woolley's Road State School opened on 19 May 1919. In 1923 it was renamed Ellinjaa Road State School. It closed in 1949.[3]

Brook's Road State School opened on circa 1927 and closed on 1954.[4]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ellinjaa (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Ellinjaa – locality in Tablelands Region (entry 48622)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0