Midgenoo, Queensland
Appearance
Midgenoo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() View across the fields to distant mountains, Midgenoo, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 17°53′41″S 145°57′38″E / 17.8947°S 145.9605°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 76 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4854 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Midgenoo is a town and a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]
Geography
The town is north of centre within the locality. This land is flat (approx 20 metres above sea level) and is used for crops, principally sugarcane.[4]
The Bruce Highway and North Coast railway line traverse the locality from south-west to north, passing through the town.[4] Midgenoo railway station services the town.[5] There are also sugarcane tramways in the locality.[4]
History
The town's name Midgenoo is taken from its railway station and is reportedly an Aboriginal word for a local tree.[2]
Midgenoo State School opened in 1923 but closed in 1933.[6]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Midgenoo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Midgenoo – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22010)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Midgenoo – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45730)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Midgenoo – railway station in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22011)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 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
External links
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