Dittmer is a rural town and
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Whitsunday Region
The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local government ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
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, Australia.
In the , the locality of Dittmer had a population of 79 people.
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History
The locality is named after Felix Dittmer
Felix Cyril Sigismund Dittmer (27 June 1904 – 29 August 1977) , who bought a gold mine in the area. A town grew up around the mine, but after its liquidation in 1952 it became a ghost town.
Dittmer State School opened on circa 1938 and closed on circa 1952.
Education
There are no schools in Dittmer. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Proserpine State School and Proserpine State High School
Proserpine State High School (established in 1963) is a public high school in the town of Proserpine in Queensland, Australia.
History Campus
The school was established in 1963. Since then, several buildings have been refurbished and a num ...
respectively, both in Proserpine to the north-east.
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Towns in Queensland
Whitsunday Region
Localities in Queensland