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Aramara is a rural town and
After fifteen years of fund-raising the Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church was blessed and consecrated by Archbishop
locality
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in the Fraser Coast Region
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, Queensland
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, Australia. In the , the locality of Aramara had a population of 57 people.
Geography
The Maryborough–Biggenden Road (State Route 86) runs through from east to west.History
The town's name is aKabi language
Kabi Kabi, also spelt Gabi-Gabi/Gubbi Gubbi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Kabi Kabi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of th ...
word ''Ooramara'' or ''Yuramurra'', meaning ''many spotted gum trees'' (Eucalyptus maculata
''Corymbia maculata'', commonly known as spotted gum, is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has smooth, mottled bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of three, whit ...
).
The first section of the Mungar Junction to Monto railway line
The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast line at Mungar Junction a short distance west of Maryborou ...
from Mungar Junction to Brooweena
Brooweena is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Brooweena had a population of 104 people.
Geography
The town is located in the Wide Bay–Burnett area and is north of the state capital, Brisba ...
was opened on 29 July 1889 and a siding established at Aramara. In 2012 it was announced the line was officially closed.
Aramara Provisional School opened on 23 January 1899. On 1 January 1909, it became Aramara State School. It closed on 19 May 1967.
After fifteen years of fund-raising the Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church was blessed and consecrated by Archbishop James Duhig
Sir James Duhig KCMG (2 September 187110 April 1965) was an Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic religious leader. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane for 48 years from 1917 until his death in 1965. At the time of his death he was the longest-ser ...
on 26 February 1950. In response to the welcome given, the Archbishop referred to the dairying, cattle raising and timber industries in the district and said that for every tree felled for building purposes, one should be planted. This was consistent with his beliefs that more people should think nationally, rather than locally. The church was built by Malachi Rooney of Maryborough.
In the , the locality of Aramara had a population of 57 people.
Heritage listing
Fraser Coast Regional Council
The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains Fraser I ...
placed the Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church on its Local Heritage Register.
References
Further reading
* —includes information on other schools: Braemar, Woocoo, Teebar East, Teebar West, Boompa, Idahlia, Dunmora, Musket Flat, Bowling Green, Aramara North, Aramara, and Gungaloon.External links
* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Fraser Coast Region Localities in Queensland