Moomin, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Moomin
State:qld
Coordinates:-17.3588°N 145.4097°W
Pop:191
Postcode:4887
Area:30.9
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Tablelands Region
Stategov:Hill
Fedgov:Kennedy
Near-N:Watsonville
Near-Ne:Wongabel
Near-E:Upper Barron
Near-Se:Wondecla
Near-S:Herberton
Near-Sw:Herberton
Near-W:Watsonville
Near-Nw:Watsonville

Moomin is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Moomin had a population of 191 people.

Geography

The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks:

The Herberton railway line ran through the locality but that section of the line closed in 1988, but part of the line remains in use as the Atherton Herberton Historic Railway. There were two railway stations on the line in Moomin:

The Atherton–Herberton Road runs through from north to south-west.

History

The locality was named after the railway station on the Tablelands railway line, and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning wasp's nest.[1]

Herberton Range Provisional School opened in 1909 and closed in 1910. It was a tent school to provide schooling for the children of railway workers living in railway camps during the construction of the railway through the Herberton Range.[6]

In 1994 a new primary school campus for Herberton State School (then at Grace Street, Herberton) was constructed in Moorim.[7] [8]

Demographics

In the Moomin had a population of 133 people.

In the, Moomin had a population of 191 people.

Education

Herberton State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at Elwyn Phillips Memorial Drive (-17.3723°N 145.379°W).[9] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 176 students with 20 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).[10] It includes a special education program. The secondary (7-10) campus of the school remains at the original school site in Grace Street, Herberton (-17.3805°N 145.3825°W).

For government secondary education to Year 12, the nearest school is Atherton State High School in Atherton to the north-east.

Notes and References

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  5. Web site: 2 October 2020. Railway stations and sidings - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  6. News: Tent Schools.. 20 March 1909. The Brisbane Courier. 30 November 2019. 15,971. Queensland, Australia. LXV. 4. National Library of Australia. 6 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201206082602/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19569063. live.
  7. Web site: 9 July 2018. State and non-state school details. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. 21 November 2018. Queensland Government.
  8. Web site: Herberton State School - Secondary Campus. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318103708/https://herbertonss.eq.edu.au/. 18 March 2020. 21 November 2018.
  9. Web site: Herberton State School. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318103708/https://herbertonss.eq.edu.au/. 18 March 2020. 21 November 2018.
  10. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0. 22 November 2018. 22 November 2018.