Tamaree
Gympie, Queensland
Tamaree is located in Queensland
Tamaree
Tamaree
Coordinates26°08′10″S 152°39′50″E / 26.1361°S 152.6638°E / -26.1361; 152.6638 (Tamaree (centre of locality))
Population880 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density102.3/km2 (265.0/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4570
Area8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Tamaree:
Corella Corella North Deep Creek
Chatsworth Tamaree North Deep Creek
Araluen Banks Pocket Veteran

Tamaree is a rural residential locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Tamaree had a population of 880 people.[1]

Geography

Tamaree is located 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Gympie's central business district.

The locality is bounded to the west by Old Maryborough Road.[3]

The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-west (Banks Pocket) and exits to the north (Corella). The locality is served by the Tamaree railway station (26°07′51″S 152°39′54″E / 26.1308°S 152.6651°E / -26.1308; 152.6651 (Tamaree railway station)).[4]

The land use is rural residential.[3]

History

Railway workers looking at the damaged train tender after a crash at Tamaree, October 1947.jpg
Railway engine and carriages on their sides on the track after being involved in a collision at Tamaree, October 1947

Tamaree Provisional School opened on 12 July 1904. On 1 January 1909 it became Tamaree State School. It closed on 31 March 1965.[5]

On Saturday 18 October 1947 at Tamaree railway station the north-bound Townsville mail train crashed head-on into the stationary south-bound train from Rockhampton, with both trains carrying hundreds of passengers. Two crew in the south-bound train were killed along with six passengers in the north-bound train.[6][7]

At the 2011 census Tamaree had a population of 664.[8]

In the 2016 census Tamaree had a population of 880 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Tamaree. The nearest government primary schools are Chatsworth State School in neighbouring Chatsworth to the west, Two Mile State School in Two Mile to the south-east, and Gympie West State School in Gympie to the south. The nearest government secondary school is James Nash State High School in Gympie to the south.[3]

  • "Tamaree". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tamaree (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Tamaree – locality in Gympie Region (entry 48136)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ "Force of Rail Smash Broke Windows 300 Yards Away". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 18 October 1947. p. 3 (CITY FINAL LASTE MINUTE NEWS). Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Tamaree Rail Disaster". Gympie Regional Memories. Gympie Regional Libraries. 17 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tamaree (Cooloola Shire) (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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