Moomin, Queensland
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  Moomin | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°21′32″S 145°24′35″E / 17.3588°S 145.4097°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 191 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4887 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 32.5 km2 (12.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Tablelands Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Moomin is a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]
History
The locality was named after the railway station on the Tablelands railway line, and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning wasp's nest.[2]
Herberton Range Provisional School opened in 1909 and closed in 1910.[3] It was a tent school to provide schooling for the children of railway workers living in railway camps during the construction of the railway through the Herberton Range.[4]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moomin (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Moomin – locality in Tablelands Region (entry 48770)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 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
- ^ "Tent Schools". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXV, no. 15, 971. Queensland, Australia. 20 March 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 30 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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