Colosseum, Queensland

Colosseum is a rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Colosseum had a population of 218 people.[1]

Colosseum
Queensland
Colosseum
Coordinates24.4416°S 151.5958°E / -24.4416; 151.5958 (Colosseum (centre of locality))
Population218 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.5375/km2 (1.392/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4677
Area405.6 km2 (156.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Gladstone Region
State electorate(s)Burnett
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Colosseum:
Bororen Miriam Vale Mount Tom
Boyne Valley Colosseum Taunton
Gindoran Gindoran Lowmead

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west by the ridge of the Many Peaks Range and to the south-east loosely by Baffle Creek at the foot of the Gwynne Range (in the neighbouring locality of Mount Tom to the west).[3]

The Bruce Highway passes through the locality from south (Gindoran) to north (Miriam Vale). The North Coast railway line passes through the locality from south-east (Lowmead) to north-east (Miriam Vale / Mount Tom).[3]

The north-west corner of the locality is within Bulburin National Park which extends into neighbouring locality of Boyne Valley. A second disconnected part of Bulburin National Park incorporates part of the western edge of Colosseum, extending into Boyne Valley and neighbouring Gindoran to the south-west.[3] The Mount Colosseum National Park is in the east of the locality.[3]

Apart from the protected areas, the land use is a mixture of plantation forestry (mostly in the south-west of the locality) and grazing on native vegetation. The residential area are mostly around the Bruce Highway in the north of the locality.[3]

There are a number of mountains in the locality including (from north to south):

History

The section of the North Coast railway line from Rosedale to Iveragh opened on 1 October 1897[9] with the locality being served by the now-abandoned Colosseum railway station (24.3905°S 151.6106°E / -24.3905; 151.6106 (Colosseum railway station (former))).[10]

Polmaily Provisional School opened on 22 August 1900. On 1 January 1909 it became Polmaily State School. It closed in 1935.[11] The school was at 664 Blackmans Gap Road (24.3885°S 151.5221°E / -24.3885; 151.5221 (Polmaily State School (former))).[11][12]

The Polmaily State School War Memorial is at the back of the former Polmaily State School site in bushland (24.38148°S 151.52165°E / -24.38148; 151.52165). It commemorates 18 pupils of the school who served in World War I. It was unveiled on Friday 13 December 1918 by Elizabeth Smith, wife of the Presbyterian minister Thomas Smith, who also spoke at the ceremony. The couple had two sons who served in the war, Sydney Francis and Archibald Philip.[13][14] The memorial was organised by Charles Row Vanderwolf whose two sons Charles Jakeman and Harry served with Charles Jakeman killed.[15][16][17] The memorial is an obelisk 11 feet 6 inches (3.51 m) high and was made from Queensland freestone with marble panels by stone mason John Thomas Satchwill of Knight Marble Works in Maryborough.[18][19] Although the school land is now used for other purposes, a 809-square-metre (0.200-acre) land parcel has been set aside as a reserve for the war memorial with the Gladstone Regional Council appointed as trustee.[12]

In the 2016 census, Colosseum had a population of 218 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Colosseum. The nearest primary schools are Miriam Vale State School in neighbouring Miriam Vale to the north and Lowmead State School in neighouring Lowmead to the south-east. The nearest secondary schools are Miriam Vale State School (to Year 10), Rosedale State School (to Year 12) in Rosedale to the south, and Tannum Sands State High School in Tannum Sands to the north-east.[3]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Colosseum (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Colosseum – locality in Gladstone Region (entry 46599)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "Mount Colosseum – mountain in Gladstone Regional (entry 7778)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. "Mount Elmo – mountain in Gladstone Regional (entry 11565)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. "Dahls Hill – hill in Gladstone Regional (entry 9180)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  7. "Palm Hill – hill in Gladstone Regional (entry 25879)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. "Granite Hill – hill in Gladstone Regional (entry 14597)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. Kerr, John (1990). Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. Boolarong Publications. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-86439-102-5.
  10. "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 27 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  11. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  12. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  13. "Smith Phillip Archibald". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  14. "Smith Sydney Francis". National Archives of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  15. "Vanderwolf Charles Jakeman". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  16. "Corporal Charles Jakeman Vanderwolf". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  17. "Vanderwolf Harry". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  18. "Pomaily State School War Memorial". Queensland War Memorials Register. Queensland Government. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  19. "SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL AT POMAILY". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser (14, 222). Queensland, Australia. 21 December 1918. p. 7. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.


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