Tarampa is a rural

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in the

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, Australia.

History

The locality presumably takes its name from its parish, which in turn was named after the Tarampa pastoral run named in 1847 by pastoralist Charles Cameron. The name is from the

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, meaning ''wild lime tree.'' In 1877, were resumed from the Tarampa pastoral run and offered for selection on 19 April 1877. Tarampa Provisional School opened on 1 April 1880. On 1 July 1886 it became Tarampa State School. During

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a military airfield was located at nearby Mount Tarampa called Lowood. The

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based its 80th Fighter Squadron (

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) between 28 March – 10 May 1942), flying

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s. The airfield no longer exists but a small memorial marks its previous location. The

Lowood circuit The Lowood Airfield Circuit was a motor racing venue in Queensland, Australia. The circuit, which was used from 1946 to 1966, was located at a former wartime airfield site at Mount Tarampa, near Lowood, west of the state capital Brisbane. It ...

built at the former airfield site was the venue for the 1960 Australian Grand Prix. The facility has since been closed and the land redeveloped. The end of the 35 runway and taxiway can still be seen in aerial imagery at . At the , Tarampa recorded a population of 325 people. In the , Tarampa had a population of 289 people.

Heritage listings

Tarampa has heritage-listed sites, including: * 18 Manthey Road: Tarampa State School

Education

Tarampa State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 18 Manthey Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 87 students with 7 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).

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