Moomin is a rural

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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 Moomin had a population of 133 people.

Geography

The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks: * Mount Ida () at above sea level *St Patrick Hill () at above sea level * Stewart Head ( ) at above sea level The Herberton railway line ran through the locality but that section of the line closed in 1988, but part of the line remains in use as the Atherton Herberton Historic Railway. There were two railway stations on the line in Moomin: * Moomin railway station, now abandoned () * The Village railway station, still in use ()

History

The locality was named after the railway station on the

Tablelands railway line The Tablelands railway line is a railway line in North Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1887 and 1916. It commences at Cairns and at its maximum extent, reached Ravenshoe at the southern end of the A ...

, and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''wasp's nest''. Herberton Range Provisional School opened in 1909 and closed in 1910. It was a tent school to provide schooling for the children of railway workers living in railway camps during the construction of the railway through the Herberton Range. In 1994 a new primary school campus for Herberton State School (then at Grace Street, Herberton) was constructed in Moorim. In the Moomin had a population of 133 people.

Education

Herberton State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at Elwyn Phillips Memorial Drive (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 176 students with 20 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

program. The secondary (7-10) campus of the school remains at the original school site in Grace Street, Herberton (). For government secondary education to Year 12, the nearest school is Atherton State High School in Atherton to the north-east.

References

{{Tablelands Region Tablelands Region Localities in Queensland