Tam O'Shanter is a
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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in the
Cassowary Coast Region,
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
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Tam O'Shanter had a population of 0 people.
Geography
Mount Tam O'Shanter () is at the westernmost point of the locality, rising to .
From the mountain, the locality is bounded to the south-west by the
Tam O'Shanter Range.
The locality is entirely within a number of
protected areas, mostly within the
Djiru National Park but with a small area in the south-east of the locality being within the Tam O'Shanter Forest Reserve.
History
The locality presumably takes its name from
Tam O'Shanter Point on the coastline nearby. The point was named by Captain
Owen Stanley
Captain Owen Stanley FRS RN (13 June 1811 – 13 March 1850) was a British Royal Navy officer and surveyor.
Life
Stanley was born in Alderley, Cheshire, the son of Edward Stanley, rector of Alderley and later Bishop of Norwich. A brother w ...
of after the
barque ''Tam O'Shanter'', which carried
Edmund Kennedy's ill-fated expedition to North Queensland in 1848.
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Further reading
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Cassowary Coast Region
Localities in Queensland