Mount Tarampa, Queensland

Mount Tarampa is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Mount Tarampa had a population of 481 people.[1]

Mount Tarampa
Queensland
Lower Lockyer Creek, Mount Tarampa, 2011
Mount Tarampa
Coordinates27.4652°S 152.4844°E / -27.4652; 152.4844 (Mount Tarampa (centre of locality))
Population481 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density15.62/km2 (40.45/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4311
Area30.8 km2 (11.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Mount Tarampa:
Atkinsons Dam Atkinsons Dam Clarendon
Lockyer Waters Mount Tarampa Rifle Range
Kentville
Lynford		 Lockrose Brightview

Geography

Lockyer Creek forms the southern and eastern boundary of the locality. Although the locality is predominantly flat farming land, there is a local prominence (also called Mount Tarampa) of 150 metres in the southern part of the locality.[3]

History

Mount Tarampa Provisional School opened on 23 July 1906, becoming Mount Tarampa State School on 1 January 1909.[4]

In the 2016 census Mount Tarampa had a population of 481 people.[1]

Education

Mount Tarampa State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at 9 Profkes Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 44 students with 4 teachers (3 equivalent full-time) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 equivalent full-time).[5]

Heritage listings

Mount Tarampa has the following heritage-listed sites:

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Tarampa (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Mount Tarampa – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44904)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Mount Tarampa State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  6. "Mt Tarampa State School (entry 602853)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

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