Pindi Pindi is a rural

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in the

Mackay Region The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869. It has an estima ...

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, Australia. In the Pindi Pindi had a population of 98 people.

Geography

The locality of Pindi Pindi is bounded to the south and east by Blackrock Creek (which flows into the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...

) and to the north and west by Catherine Creek (a tributary of Blackrock Creek); their confluence is the most easterly point of the locality. Apart from a few small hills which are largely undeveloped, the mostly flat locality is used for farming

sugar cane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks t ...

. The

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Na ...

runs from south-east to north-west through the locality. The North Coast railway line runs parallel and slightly north of the highway. The locality has a network of privately operated tramway lines for transporting sugar cane to the sugar mill. The town is located in the south-east of the locality, almost on the boundary to neighbouring

Calen Calen is a rural town and coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Calen had a population of 390 people. Geography The locality of Calen is loosely bounded by One Mile Creek to the south and Black ...

, where the school, the former

brickworks A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a quarry for cl ...

, and some houses cluster around the former Pindi Pindi railway station (). The former Wagoora railway station is located in the north-west of the locality () with a small cluster of houses around it (a neighbourhood known as Wagoora).

History

The locality takes its name from the Pindi Pindi railway station, which was named by the

Queensland Railways Department Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...

in 1915. ''Pindi Pindi'' is an Aboriginal word, meaning ''creek'' or ''flowing water''. Pindi Pindi Provisional School opened on 24 March 1928, later becoming Pindi Pindi State School. Pindi Pindi Post Office opened by 1935 and closed in 1981. Wagoora State School opened on 22 August 1949 and closed in 1963. In the Pindi Pindi had too small a population to be separately reported. However, the combined localities of Pindi Pindi and its neighbours Yalboroo and

Mentmore Mentmore is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about three miles east of Wingrave, three miles south east of Wing. The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "Menta's moor" ...

had a population of 376. In the Pindi Pindi had a population of 98 people.

Heritage listings

Pindi Pindi has a number of

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sites, including: * Off the

: Pindi Pindi Brickworks

Education

Pindi Pindi State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 5923 Bruce Highway (). In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 27 students with 3 teachers. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 18 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Pindi Pindi. The nearest secondary school is Calen District State College in neighbouring

to the south-east.

References

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