Lamington is a rural
locality
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in the
Scenic Rim Region
The Scenic Rim Region is a local government area in West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and b ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, Australia.
In the , Lamington had a population of 86 people.
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Geography
Christmas Creek is one of a number of tributaries of the Logan River
The Logan River ( Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river located in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast local government areas of the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in South ...
which have headwaters in the McPherson Range
The McPherson Range is an extensive mountain range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range, heading in an easterly direction from near Wallangarra to the Pacific Ocean coastline. It forms part of the Scenic Rim on the border between the states of Ne ...
along the border. The upper Christmas Creek valley is mountainous. Peaks at Lamington include Little Widgee Mountain, Bujera in the east while across the valley the slopes rise towards Neglected Mountain. The southern boundary follows a section of the western Lamington Plateau and Lamington National Park
The Lamington National Park is a national park, lying on the Lamington Plateau of the McPherson Range on the Queensland/New South Wales border in Australia. From Southport on the Gold Coast the park is to the southwest and Brisbane is north. Th ...
.
Lamington has the following mountains and cliffs:
* Buchanans Fort (mountain) ()
* Little Widgee Mountain ()
* Bujera (cliff) ()
* Hillview Cliffs ()
History
The name ''Bujera'' is an Aboriginal word meaning "warm, love, adore, a good feeling" of the traditional landowners, the Mununjali people. [
Willowbank Provisional School opened on 20 August 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Willowbank State School. On 13 July 1914 it was renamed Lamington State School. It closed in April 1943.] The school was on Kerry Road and its site is marked with a monument with a plaque.
Lamington was the terminus for one branch of the Beaudesert Shire Tramway
The Beaudesert Shire Tramway was a narrow gauge tramway which operated from Beaudesert to Lamington and Rathdowney in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia, It was one of 15 light railways built and operated by Divisional Boards and S ...
. It operated from 1910 to 1944.
Captain Vance of the Royal Australian Survey Corp established a trigonometrical Station on Hillview Cliffs which was in use from 1924 and 1930.[
In the Lamington had a population of 86 people.] The locality contained 58 households, in which 53.5% of the population were males and 46.5% of the population were females with a median age of 48, 10 years above the national average. The average weekly household income was $1,374, $64 below the national average.
Education
There are no schools in Lamington. The nearest primary school is Hillview State School in neighbouring Hillview to the north. The nearest secondary school is Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert to the north.
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
External links
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Scenic Rim Region
1997 establishments in Australia
Populated places established in 1997
Localities in Queensland