Crohamhurst, Queensland
| Crohamhurst Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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_(2007).jpg) Former Crohamhurst Observatory, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
  Crohamhurst | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°48′30″S 152°51′40″E / 26.8083°S 152.8611°ECoordinates: 26°48′30″S 152°51′40″E / 26.8083°S 152.8611°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 217 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 10.59/km2 (27.42/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4519 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Glass House | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fisher | ||||||||||||||
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Crohamhurst is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Crohamhurst had a population of 217 people.[1]
In 1893, Crohamhurst recorded 907 mm (35.7 in) of rain in one day during the passage of a cyclone, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia.[3]
Geography[edit]
Most of the southern boundary is marked by the Stanley River. The north of Crohamhurst is protected within a section of the Glass House Mountains National Park. Also in the area is the Crohamhurst State Forest, Candle Mountain and Mount Blanc.
History[edit]
In 1893, Crohamhurst recorded 907 mm (35.7 in) of rain in one day during the passage of a cyclone, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia.[3] The recording was taken by a recently departed employee of the Queensland Meteorological Service Inigo Owen Jones. The 20-year-old Jones, later became a controversial climate forecaster, believing that weather patterns were influenced by electromagnetic effects of far away planets.[4]
Crohamhurst State School opened on 21 July 1913. It closed on 14 October 1960.[5][6] It was located on Crohamhurst Road (26°48′37″S 152°52′18″E / 26.8104°S 152.8717°E) on land donated by Owen Jones (father of Inigo Owen Jones) which is now within the Crohamhurst State Forest, land donated by Inigo Owen Jones.[7][8][9] The location of the school is marked with a sign by the road.[10]
At the 2011 census Crohamhurst recorded a population of 203.[11]
Heritage listings[edit]
Crohamhurst has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 131 Crohamhurst Road: former Crohamhurst Observatory[12]
Notable residents[edit]
- Inigo Owen Jones, long-range weather forecaster
References[edit]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Crohamhurst (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Crohamhurst – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48592)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Rainfall and Temperature Records". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ Sherratt, Tim (13 February 2011). "Inigo Jones: The Weather Prophet". discontents. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Agency ID 5959, Crohamhurst State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "STATE SCHOOLS". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 27 June 1913. p. 8. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ Harden, W. P. H. (October 1940). "The History of the Peachester and Crohamhurst District". The Historical Society of Queensland Journal. 3 (2): 133.
- ^ "Inigo Jones Farm Site (PEA4): Local Heritage Place" (PDF). Sunshine Coast Regional Council. p. SC6-143. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m74" (Map). Queensland Government. 1949. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Google (17 October 2021). "Sign for the former Crohamhurst State School" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Crohamhurst (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "Crohamhurst Observatory (former) (entry 602682)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
Further reading[edit]
- Harden, W. P. H. (1 January 1940), The history of the Peachester and Crohamhurst district, The Historical Society of Queensland, retrieved 10 July 2016 — available online