Lamington, Queensland

Lamington is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Lamington and surrounding localities had a population of 86 people.[1]

Lamington
Queensland
Mount Widgee, 2014
Lamington
Coordinates28°15′32″S 153°0′41″E
Population86 (2016)[1]
Established1997
Postcode(s)4211
LGA(s)Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Lamington:
Oaky Creek Hillview Darlington
Running Creek Lamington Southern Lamington
Chinghee Creek Mount Gipps Southern Lamington

Geography

Christmas Creek is one of a number of tributaries of the Logan River which have headwaters in the McPherson Range along the border. The upper Christmas Creek valley is mountainous. Peaks at Lamington include Little Widgee Mountain, Bujera in the east while across the valley the slopes rise towards Neglected Mountain. The southern boundary follows a section of the western Lamington Plateau and Lamington National Park.

History
Plaque marking Lamington State School

Willowbank Provisional School opened on 20 August 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Willowbank State School. On 13 July 1914 it was renamed Lamington State School. It closed in April 1943.[3] The school was on Kerry Road and its site is marked with a monument with a plaque.

Lamington was the terminus for one branch of the Beaudesert Shire Tramway. It operated from 1910 to 1944.[4]

Demographics

Lamington has a population of 86 at the 2016 census. The locality contains 58 households, in which 53.5% of the population are males and 46.5% of the population are females with a median age of 48, 10 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,374, $64 below the national average.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Lamington. The nearest primary school is Hillview State School in neighbouring Hillview. The nearest secondary school is Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert .[5]

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lamington". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "Lamington (entry 45158)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Hillview Tramway Station Monument". Monument Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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