Euramo, Queensland

Euramo is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Euramo had a population of 147 people.[1]

Euramo
Queensland
Euramo
Coordinates18.0044°S 145.8961°E / -18.0044; 145.8961 (Euramo (centre of locality))
Population147 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density4.804/km2 (12.44/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4854
Area30.6 km2 (11.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hinchinbrook
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Euramo:
Jarra Creek Jarra Creek Silky Oak
Munro Plains Euramo Rockingham
Murray Upper Murrigal Rockingham

Riversdale is a neighbourhood (18.0000°S 145.8666°E / -18.0000; 145.8666 (Riversdale)) in the west of the locality.[3]

Geography

Euramo is bounded to the north by the Tully River and to the south by the Murray River.[4]

The Bruce Highway traverses the eastern part of the locality, entering the locality from the south-east (Murrigal) and exiting to the north-east (Silky Oak). The North Coast railway line also traverses the locality immediately to the west of the highway with the locality being served by Euramo railway station (18.0033°S 145.9344°E / -18.0033; 145.9344 (Euramo railway station)).[4][5][6]

Bellenden Plains is a plain spanning much of Euramo and Murrigal to the south, mostly under 10 metres (33 ft) above sea level (18.0166°S 145.8833°E / -18.0166; 145.8833 (Bellenden Plains)).[7][4]

Djilgarin Conservation Park is an 88.74-hectare (219.3-acre) protected area in centre of the locality (18.0025°S 145.8997°E / -18.0025; 145.8997 (Djilgarin Conservation Park)).[8] Apart from that, the land use is predominantly growing sugarcane.[4]

History

Euramo State School opened on 19 September 1927. In 1930, a "new" school building was relocated from the closed Japoon West State School in Japoonvale to a site in Euramo donated by Mr J.A. Winter.[9][10] It closed on 1974.[11] The school was on the Bruce Highway (approx 18.0101°S 145.9346°E / -18.0101; 145.9346 (Euramo State School (site))).[6]

In the 2016 census, Euramo had a population of 147 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Euramo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Euramo – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45672)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Riversdale – locality unbounded in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 28537)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. "Euramo – railway station in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 40989)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. "Kirrama" (Map). Queensland Government. 1946. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. "Bellenden Plains – plain in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 2186)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. "Djilgarin Conservation Park – conservation park in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 39441)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. "Tenders". Cairns Post (8682). Queensland, Australia. 21 November 1929. p. 4. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "EURAMO NOTES". The Northern Herald. XLIX (528). Queensland, Australia. 16 April 1930. p. 45. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  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
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