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Evelyn is a rural
locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Tablelands Region The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January ...
,
Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...
, Australia. In the , Evelyn had a population of 241 people.


History

The name ''Evelyn'' is taken from the name of an early pastoral run, which was named by Francis Horace Stubley (a
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivis ...
in the
Electoral district of Kennedy Kennedy was an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. History In 1864, the ''Additional Members Act'' create ...
1878-83), after his wife. Evelyn Scrub Provisional School opened on 11 October 1895. On 1 January 1909, it became Evelyn Scrub State School. The school closed temporarily from 1918 to 1919. It closed permanently on 19 August 1946. At the , Evelyn recorded a population of 330. In the , Evelyn had a population of 241 people.


Heritage listings

Evelyn has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Jonsson Road:
Evelyn Scrub War Memorial Evelyn Scrub War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Jonsson Road, Evelyn, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 February 2003. History The Evelyn Scrub War Me ...
* off Jonsson Road: Cressbrook Cemetery


See also

*
List of tramways in Queensland List of tramways in Queensland provides three separate lists, each in alphabetical order of the key identifier. They are: * Non sugar cane tramways, ordered by Tramway Name as contained in Wikipedia articles. * Sugar cane tramways, ordered by Sug ...


References

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