Peeramon
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Peeramon is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Peeramon had a population of 628 people.[1]
Geography
The locality is bounded to the east by Lake Barrine Road and to the south-east by the Johnstone River.[4]
There are a number of neighbourhoods in Peeramon (from north-west to south-east):
- Chumbrumba (17°18′00″S 145°35′00″E / 17.3°S 145.5833°E), taking its name from a railway station, named by the Queensland Railways Department on 25 April 1910, using an Aboriginal name for a forest near the railway station[5]
- Weerimba (17°18′S 145°36′E / 17.3°S 145.6°E), another railway station name from 14 October 1911, using an Aboriginal name for the tooth billed bower bird[6]
- Tula (17°19′00″S 145°37′00″E / 17.3166°S 145.6166°E), another railway station named on 14 October 1911, using an Aboriginal name for a species of possum[7]
Mount Quincan (17°18′03″S 145°34′38″E / 17.3007°S 145.5772°E) is in the north-west of the locality and rises to 889 metres (2,917 ft) above sea level.[8][9]
History
The town's name is an Aboriginal word, referring to a local hill. The name was assigned by the
Lake Eacham State School opened on 1911. It was built by the Sydes Brothers,[10] who were chosen from the tenders called in September 1910.[11] A teacher's residence was built in 1917.[12] In 1919, it was renamed Peeramon State School. It closed in 1959.[13] It was at 107 Mckenzie Road (corner Peeramon School Road, 17°18′36″S 145°37′26″E / 17.3099°S 145.6239°E).[14][15]
The
The Peeramon Methodist Church opened on Thursday 1 August 1918.[16]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Peeramon had a population of 628 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Peeramon. The nearest government primary schools are
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Peeramon (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Peeramon – town in Tablelands Region (entry 26298)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Peeramon – locality in Tablelands Region (entry 48834)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Chumbrumba – locality unbounded in Tablelands Regional (entry 39243)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Weerimba – locality unbounded in Tablelands Regional (entry 39345)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Tula – locality unbounded in Tablelands Regional (entry 39331)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Quincan – mountain in Tablelands Region (entry 27831)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- The Telegraph. No. 11841. Queensland, Australia. 29 October 1910. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Archivedfrom the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- Cairns Post. Vol. XXIV, no. 820. Queensland, Australia. 21 September 1910. p. 4. Archivedfrom the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- Daily Standard. No. 1402. Queensland, Australia. 8 June 1917. p. 5 (SECOND EDITION). Archivedfrom the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Bartle Frere" (Map). Queensland Government. 1949. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m404" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- The Northern Herald. Vol. XXII, no. 279. Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1918. p. 49. Archivedfrom the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
Further reading
- Callaghan, Petrina (2021), Peeramon : once a land of rainforest and scrub : 'a country town established to service the new settlers' (Second ed.), Eacham Historical Society, ISBN 978-0-9595333-4-7
- Pearson, Les (1998), The Peeramon to Boonjee railway, L. Pearson
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