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Coordinates: 17°18′35″S 145°36′43″E / 17.3098°S 145.6119°E / -17.3098; 145.6119
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Peeramon
Queensland
Peeramon is located in Queensland
Peeramon
Peeramon
Coordinates17°18′35″S 145°36′43″E / 17.3098°S 145.6119°E / -17.3098; 145.6119
Postcode(s)4885
Area29.8 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
LGA(s)Tablelands Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Peeramon:
East Barron Yungaburra Lake Eacham
Upper Barron Peeramon Lake Eacham
Kureen Kureen Malanda

Peeramon is a town and a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

History

The town's name is an Aboriginal word, referring to a local hill. The name was assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 25 April 1910.[1]

Lake Eacham State School opened on 1911. In 1919 it was renamed Peeramon State School. It closed on 1959.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Peeramon – town in Tablelands Region (entry 26298)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Peeramon – locality in Tablelands Region (entry 48834)". 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
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