Toompine is a town in the locality of
Quilpie
Quilpie ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Quilpie had a population of 530 people.
The town is the administrative cent ...
in the
Shire of Quilpie
The Shire of Quilpie is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and its administrative centre is the town of Quilpie.
The dominant industry is grazing. Opal
Opal is a hydrated amorphous fo ...
,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia.
History
The town of Toompine was surveyed in 1870. The name is believed to derive from the Aboriginal name Thaumpine, meaning ''leech''.
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Toompine Provisional School opened in 1900. In 1901, it became a half-time school in conjunction with Duck Creek Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher between the two schools). The school closed in July 1902.]
Education
There are no schools in Toompine nor nearby. Options are distance education
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
and boarding school.
Amenities
The town has a pub, a town hall, a recreation facility, a tennis court and a playground.
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Towns in Queensland
Shire of Quilpie