Tannymorel is a rural town and

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in the

Southern Downs Region The Southern Downs Region is a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, along the state's boundary with New South Wales. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Tannymorel had a population of 161 people.

History

The name ''Tannymorel'' comes from a village in Ireland and means ''a bend in the creek''. It was named by

Patrick Leslie Patrick Leslie (25 September 1815 – 12 August 1881) was a Scottish settler in Australia. Leslie and his two brothers (Walter and George) were the first to settle on the Darling Downs, and he was the first person to buy land in Warwick. ...

and Ernest Dalrymple, both of whom were from Scotland. Farm Creek Provisional School opened on 22 May 1877. On 18 January 1892 it became Farm Creek State School. In 1910 it was renamed Tannymorel State School in 1910. The school closed on 20 July 2017. The school was at 2 Oak Street (). The

Killarney railway line The Killarney railway line was a branch railway in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It travelled from Warwick to Killarney and operated from 1884 to 1964. Along with approval for the Fassifern and Crows Nest branches in 1880 ...

from

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...

Killarney Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castl ...

reached Tannymorel on 24 August 1885 with town being served by the Tannymorel railway station (). Grayson railway station was to the south-east of the town on Grayson Siding Road (). The

Mount Colliery Tramway Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

, a private 5 km-long horse tramway, opened in 1908. The tramway joined the line at Tannymorel to transport coal from a nearby mine to the railway. The Killarney line, together with the colliery tramway, closed on 1 May 1964. A Methodist church was officially opened on Sunday 12 October 1902 by the Reverend Edward Youngman, the Superintendent of the

circuit. In 1919 the church building was relocated to

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. In 1945, it was relocated to Severnlea, where it is now operates as the Severnlea Uniting Church. A Presbyterian church was officially opened on Wednesday 22 June 1904 by the Reverend R.J. Sinclair. St Aidan's Anglican Church was dedicated on Sunday 28 February 1915 by

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. The last normal service held in the church was at Christmas 2010. Its closure in 2012 was approved by Archbishop

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and Bishop Rob Nolan conducted the deconsecration service on 26 May 2012. The church building at 11 Oak Street () was sold into private ownership in June 2013 for $110,000. On Sunday 25 April 1915,

James Duhig Sir James Duhig KCMG (2 September 187110 April 1965) was an Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic religious leader. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane for 48 years from 1917 until his death in 1965. At the time of his death he was the longest-ser ...

laid the

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for a Catholic church in Tannymorel with over 2,000 people attending. On Sunday 10 October 1915 Duhig blessed and dedicated St Michael's Catholic Church. The architects were Dornbusch & Connolly of Warwick and the contractor was Ludwig August Tessman also of Warwick. The building was with a sacristry and a porch with the total cost of buildings and furnishings being £1250. In December 1915 a cyclone damaged both the Anglican and Catholic churches. On Tuesday 7 February 1922 the

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officially unveiled the Tannymorel War Memorial. The ceremony was to have occurred on 31 December 1921 but was postponed due to wet weather. The memorial is made of Helidon sandstone and is square at the base and topped with an obelisk rising to above the ground. There are four marble panels on which the names of local servicement who died in

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are inscribed on one panel while the other three panels record the names of those who served but survived, a total of 60 men. The memorial cost £104 and was constructed by William James Booth, a

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. In 1924 there was a Church of Christ in Tannymorel. On Sunday 16 November 1947 the Chairman of the Glengallan Shire Council, J. H. Hansen, officially unveiled an addition to the war memorial in the form of an Honour Roll listing 10 men from the district who served in

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. The Methodist church in Mount Colliery was sold and relocated to 15 Oak Street, Tannymorel (), where it is used as a private residence. In the 2011 census, Tannymorel had a population of 199 people. In the . the locality of Tannymorel had a population of 161 people.

Education

There are no schools in Tannymorel. The nearest government primary schools are Killarney State School in neighbouring

to the south-east, Murray's Bridge State School at Murrays Bridge to the west, and Yangan State School in Yangan to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Killarney State School (to Year 10) in Killarney and

Warwick State High School Warwick State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at Palmerin Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and Block A was built from 1914 to 1915. It is also known as Warwick Techn ...

(to Year 12) in

to the west.

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