Memerambi, Queensland

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Memerambi
Queensland
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The "Stop Shop"
Memerambi is located in Queensland
Memerambi
Memerambi
Coordinates26°26′59″S 151°49′24″E / 26.4497°S 151.8233°E / -26.4497; 151.8233 (Memerambi (town centre))Coordinates: 26°26′59″S 151°49′24″E / 26.4497°S 151.8233°E / -26.4497; 151.8233 (Memerambi (town centre))
Population272 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density8.860/km2 (22.95/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4610
Area30.7 km2 (11.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Localities around Memerambi:
Wooroolin Wooroolin Corndale
Gordonbrook Memerambi Corndale
Crawford Crawford Kingaroy

Memerambi is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Memerambi had a population of 272 people.[1]

Geography

The town is on the Bunya Highway, 239 kilometres (149 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane.

History

The name Memerambi is an Aboriginal word for the sugargum tree.[2]

Memerambi was once[when?] a bustling centre with a hotel, two general stores, saddlery, butcher, bank, mobile sawmill and cheese factory.

Memerambi Post Office opened by September 1910 (a receiving office had been open from 1909) and closed in 1978.[4]

Memerambi Provisional School opened on 16 October 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Memerambi State School. The school celebrated its centenary on 15 October 2005. It was mothballed on 31 December 2006 and closed on 23 October 2007.[5][6] The school was at 1-27 King Street (26°27′02″S 151°49′40″E / 26.4505°S 151.8279°E / -26.4505; 151.8279 (Memerambi State School (former))).[7][8][9] The school's website was archived.[10]

All Saints' Anglican Church was dedicated on 9 April 1912. It closed circa 1966.[11]

At the 2006 census, Memerambi and the surrounding area had a population of 541.[12]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Memerambi had a population of 272 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Memerambi. The nearest government primary schools are Wooroolin State School in neighbouring Wooroolin to the north and Crawford State School in neighbouring Crawford to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Kingaroy State High School in Kingaroy to the south.[13]

Facilities

Today businesses in Memerambi include 'Stop Shop' general store; clock repairs; large machinery & engineering works; pharmaceutical manufacturing; stock feed store; graziers; concreting & pool construction.[14]

Notable residents

  • Mr Kingston and his wife with their four children. Mr and Mrs Kingston were the first storekeepers in Memerambi[15]
  • Arthur Benjamin Postle, a professional sprinter known as "The Crimson Flash", was acclaimed "the fastest man in the world" in 1906. He moved to Memerambi in 1913 and operated his own auctioning business there.[16]
  • Ben and Harry Young, of Memerambi, pioneers of the South Burnett peanut industry, planted the first commercial crop of peanuts in the South Burnett in 1919. These brothers were sons of a Chinese immigrant, Ah Young. Harry Young later designed the first peanut thresher in Queensland and Ben became a director of the Peanut Marketing Board.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Memerambi (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Memerambi – town in South Burnett Region (entry 21580)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Memerambi – locality in South Burnett Region (entry 49594)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  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. ^ "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Town of Memerambi" (Map). Queensland Government. 1979. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Parish of Wooroolin" (Map). Queensland Government. 1978. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Memerambi State School". 21 August 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  11. ^ Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  12. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Memerambi (Kingaroy Shire)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
  13. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  14. ^ Locafy: Local Area Marketing, accessed on 2011-11-13.
  15. ^ Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Image sourced from Picture Queensland, State Library of Queensland This image is free of copyright restrictions.
  16. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, accessed on 2011-11-13.
  17. ^ "History of the Australian Peanut Industry". Peanut Company of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.

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