17-579: Download coordinates as: Amamoor is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Amamoor had a population of 720 people. Amamoor is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Gympie . The Bruce Highway passes to the east of the town and the Amamoor Forest Reserve is to the west. Amamoor is situated on the Amamoor Creek which
34-555: A farmhouse until they purchased and converted an industrial building into the Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church. In 1993, the services on the Mary Valley railway line were reduced, terminating at Melawondi , and the entire line was closed in 1994, ending Amamoor's rail connection. In the 2016 census , the locality of Amamoor had a population of 636 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Amamoor had
51-601: A population of 720 people. Amamoor has heritage-listed sites, including: Amamoor State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2 Elizabeth Street ( 26°20′47″S 152°40′23″E / 26.3464°S 152.6731°E / -26.3464; 152.6731 ( Amamoor State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 78 students with 7 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Amamoor. The nearest secondary school
68-710: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
85-514: A total enrolment of more than 900 students per year, with an official count of 922 students in August 2020. Gympie State High School retains its original motto, Ecollegio Metallisque Aurum , meaning "Gold from the school as well as the mines", and its official colours of maroon and gold. Gympie State High School opened in 1912 as one of the first secondary schools in Queensland. An early staff member
102-563: Is Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the south, but it only offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north. Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 198 Amamoor Dagun Road ( 26°20′07″S 152°39′53″E / 26.3354°S 152.66483°E / -26.3354; 152.66483 ( Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church ) ). It
119-514: Is a tributary of the Mary River . It is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil , Dagun , and Kandanga . The town is named after a pastoral run held by J.D. McTaggart in the late 1850s. It is an Aboriginal word meaning swimming in water or a swimming creek . When the construction of a railway line between Brisbane and Gympie was being contemplated in 1884–5, one of
136-589: Is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia . Amamoor Creek State Forest Park is host to the annual Gympie Muster , a country music festival. The Amamoor railway station is part of the Mary Valley Rattler . Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
153-616: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Gympie State High School Gympie State High School is a coeducational public secondary school located in Gympie in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland , Australia . The school has
170-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
187-416: The 1950s. A Methodist church opened in 1935 at 9 Busby Road ( 26°20′42″S 152°40′30″E / 26.3449°S 152.6749°E / -26.3449; 152.6749 ( Amamoor Uniting Church (former) ) ), later becoming Amamoor Uniting Church. It closed in 2017. On Mother's Day 1986, six families held the first service of a newly formed Wesleyan Methodist congregation. Initially they met in
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#1732851960088204-808: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
221-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
238-525: The locality. The second stage to Brooloo was completed in April 1915. The final stage to Kenilworth was to be built in 1920 but was never completed. Amamoor Post Office opened around 1920. Amamoor State School opened on 10 October 1921. In 1949 the former Bollier State School building was relocated to Amarmoor State School. Aramoor State School was relocated to its current location in Elizabeth Street in
255-594: The routes being considered was through the Mary Valley . However, this was not the route chosen, and the residents of the valley who were disappointed at missing out on rail connection agitated for many years until the Mary Valley branch line was built. The first section south from Monkland to Kandanga (via Amamoor) was completed in October 1914 with Amamoor railway station ( 26°20′36″S 152°40′27″E / 26.3432°S 152.6741°E / -26.3432; 152.6741 ( Amamoor railway station ) ) serving
272-428: The same site. Blocks E, J and M were later built in the 1960s, whereas Blocks A, H and Hamilton Hall were constructed during the 1970s, followed by the construction of Blocks N, O and the school pool during the 1980s. In the 1990s, K Block was reconstructed from a 1930s building and the present administration building was constructed. The last major development at Gympie State High School occurred in 2014 in preparation for
289-410: Was the educationalist Jeanette Anne Gilbert . The school was originally located on Lawrence Street, where Gympie Central State School is now located. The first building on Cootharaba Road was constructed in 1917 and became one of Gympie's most iconic buildings. On 18 May 1955, the original building was destroyed by fire as a result of a science experiment. Later that year, Blocks B, C and D were built on
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