Eimeo is a coastal town and suburb in the

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, Australia. In the , the suburb of Eimeo had a population of 3,285 people.

Geography

Eimeo has a headland that extends north into the Coral Sea. The point of the headland is rocky but the eastern and western sides of the headland have sandy beaches. Sunset Bay is to the west of the headland extending into neighbouring Bucasia (). Eimeo Creek flows into Sunset Bay and forms the boundary between the Eimeo and Bucasia ().

History

The name ''Eimeo'' was derived from

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name used by Jeremiah Downs Armitage, an early settler in the 1870s, after his birthplace

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(also called Eimeo) in Tahiti. His father Elijah Armitage was a missionary in the South Seas. Armitage engaged in many occupations, including timber cutting, fruit growing and operating a boarding house and/or hotel. Armitage's lasting legacy to the area is the avenue of mango trees he planted, probably in the 1880s, to delineate the track leading from the main Mackay access road, through his property, to his boarding house/hotel. These trees survive to the present day and are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. Palm Avenue is also a significant and well known feature of the suburb. Eimeo Road State School opened on 5 February 1934. It is the largest primary school in the

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but is no longer within the boundaries of the Eimeo but within the neighbouring suburb of Rural View. In the 1930s a roller skating rink was established next to the hotel. Eimeo Post Office opened on 24 January 1949 and closed in 1972.The present Eimeo Pacific Hotel was built in 1954 on the site of Armitage's boarding house. In the , the suburb of Eimeo had a population of 3,309 people. In the , the suburb of Eimeo had a population of 3,230 people. In the , the suburb of Eimeo had a population of 3,285 people.

Heritage listings

Eimeo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Mango Avenue (between Whittles Lane and Heidke Street, ): Mango Avenue

Education

There are no schools in Eimeo. The nearest primary and secondary schools are Eimeo Road State School and Mackay Northern Beaches State High School, both in neighbouring Rural View to the south.

Amenities

Eimeo Pacific Hotel is on the northern tip of the headland at 1 Mango Avenue (). Eimeo Surf Lifesaving Club is a surf life saving club on the beach immediately east and below the hotel (). There is a boat ramp at Sunset Boulevard into Eimeo Creek (). It is managed by the

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. There are a number of parks in the area, including: * Barber Drive Park () * Barber Park () * Botha Street Park () * Busuttin Drive Park () * Eulbertie Ave Park () * Hermitage Drive Park () * Langer Drive Park () * Mango Ave Park () * Mclaughlin Drive Park () * Shann Street Park ()

References

External links

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Queensland Place Histories - Eimeo, Mackay
John Oxley Library blog, State Library of Queensland. Mackay Region Towns in Queensland Coastline of Queensland {{authority control