Amamoor is a rural town and
locality
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in the
Gympie Region,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_type = Country
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, Australia.
In the the locality of Amamoor had a population of 636 people.
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Geography
Amamoor is south of Gympie. The Bruce Highway passes to the east of the town and the Amamoor Forest Reserve is to the west.
Amamoor is situated on the Amamoor Creek which is a tributary of the Mary River. It is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley
The Mary River (Kabi Kabi: ''Moocooboola'') is a major river system located in the South East and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland, Australia.
Etymology
The river was traditionally named ''Moocooboola'' by the indigenous Australian Ka ...
also including Imbil
Imbil is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Imbil had a population of 924 people.
Geography
Imbil is in the Wide Bay–Burnett district in the Mary River valley, north of the state capital, Brisb ...
, Dagun, and Kandanga.
History
The town is named after a pastoral run held by J.D. McTaggart in the late 1850s. It is an Aboriginal word meaning ''swimming in water'' or a ''swimming creek''.
When the construction of a railway line between Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
and Gympie was being contemplated in 1884–5, one of the routes being considered was through the Mary Valley
The Mary River (Kabi Kabi: ''Moocooboola'') is a major river system located in the South East and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland, Australia.
Etymology
The river was traditionally named ''Moocooboola'' by the indigenous Australian Ka ...
. However, this was not the route chosen, and the residents of the valley who were disappointed at missing out on rail connection agitated for many years until the Mary Valley branch line was built. The first section south from Monkland to Kandanga (via Amamoor) was completed in October 1914 with Amamoor railway station () serving the locality. The second stage to Brooloo was completed in April 1915. The final stage to Kenilworth
Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Warwick (district), Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, south-west of Coventry, north of Warwick and north-west of London. It lies on Finham Brook, a ...
was to be built in 1920 but was never completed.
Amamoor Post Office opened around 1920.
Amamoor State School opened on 10 October 1921. In 1949 the former Bollier State School building was relocated to Amarmoor State School. Aramoor State School was relocated to its current location in Elizabeth Street in the 1950s.
A Methodist church opened in 1935 at 9 Busby Road (), later becoming Amamoor Uniting Church. It closed in 2017.
On Mother's Day 1986, six families held the first service of a newly formed Wesleyan Methodist congregation. Initially they met in a farmhouse until they purchased and converted an industrial building into the Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church.
In 1993, the services on the Mary Valley railway line were reduced, terminating at Melawondi, and the entire line was closed in 1994, ending Amamoor's rail connection.[
In the , the locality of Amamoor had a population of 636 people.]
Heritage listings
Amamoor has heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
sites, including:
* Aramoor Street (): Aramoor Cream Shed at the former Aramoor railway station, one of the Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds
* 4 Busby Street (): Amamoor General Store
* 10 Busby Street (): Amamoor Butcher Shop
* 31-33 Busby Street (): Amamoor Hall
* 2 Elizabeth Road (): Amamoor State School
Education
Amamoor State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2 Elizabeth Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 78 students with 7 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).
There are no secondary schools in Amamoor. The nearest secondary school is Mary Valley State College in Imbil
Imbil is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Imbil had a population of 924 people.
Geography
Imbil is in the Wide Bay–Burnett district in the Mary River valley, north of the state capital, Brisb ...
to the south, but it only offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest secondary school is Gympie State High School
Gympie State High School is a coeducational public secondary school located in Gympie in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 900 students per year, with an official count of 922 s ...
in Gympie to the north.
Amenities
Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 198 Amamoor Dagun Road (). It is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia.
Events
Amamoor Creek State Forest Park is host to the annual Gympie Muster
The Gympie Music Muster is an Australian music festival held in and around the Amamoor Creek State Forest at Amamoor Creek near Gympie, Queensland, Australia.
The Muster started as a community fundraiser in 1982 and has now grown to a four-day ...
, a country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
festival.
Attractions
The Amamoor railway station
Amamoor is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Amamoor had a population of 636 people.
Geography
Amamoor is south of Gympie. The Bruce Highway passes to the east of the town and the ...
is part of the Mary Valley Rattler
The Mary Valley Rattler (formerly Mary Valley Heritage Railway) is a heritage railway line that conducts steam train trips and tours from Gympie through the Mary Valley using the former Mary Valley railway line in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Aus ...
.
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