Crohamhurst is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Crohamhurst had a population of 217 people. In 1893, Crohamhurst recorded of rain in one day during the passage of a

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, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia.

Geography

Most of the southern boundary is marked by the Stanley River. The north of Crohamhurst is protected within a section of the

Glass House Mountains National Park Glass House Mountains National Park is a heritage-listed national park at Glass House Mountains, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1. It is north of Brisbane and consists of a flat plai ...

. Also in the area is the Crohamhurst State Forest, Candle Mountain and Mount Blanc.

History

In 1893, Crohamhurst recorded of rain in one day during the passage of a

, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia. The recording was taken by a recently departed employee of the Queensland Meteorological Service Inigo Owen Jones. The 20-year-old Jones, later became a controversial climate forecaster, believing that weather patterns were influenced by electromagnetic effects of far away planets. Crohamhurst State School opened on 21 July 1913. It closed on 14 October 1960. It was located on Crohamhurst Road () on land donated by Owen Jones (father of Inigo Owen Jones) which is now within the Crohamhurst State Forest, land donated by Inigo Owen Jones. The location of the school is marked with a sign by the road. At the Crohamhurst recorded a population of 203.

Heritage listings

Crohamhurst has a number of

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sites, including: * 131 Crohamhurst Road: former Crohamhurst Observatory

Notable residents

* Inigo Owen Jones, long-range weather forecaster

Geography

History

Heritage listings

Notable residents

References

Further reading