Barrine is a rural

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in the

Tablelands Region The Tablelands Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas ...

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, Australia. In the , Barrine had a population of 303 people.

History

Boar Pocket State School opened in 1909. In 1912, it was renamed Barrine State School. It closed in 1958 with the filling of Lake Tinaroo. It was at approximately . In January 1911, residents of Kulara (then a small town to the north of

Yungaburra Yungaburra is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,272 people. Geography Yungaburra is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. The ...

) began lobbying for a school, claiming there were 42 children in the district. Kulara State School opened on 17 June 1912. It closed on 1 September 1958, when the

Tinaroo Dam The Tinaroo Dam, officially the Tinaroo Falls Dam, is a major ungated concrete gravity dam, gravity dam with a Spillway#Types, central ogee spillway across the Barron River (Queensland), Barron River located on the Atherton Tableland in Far Nor ...

began to fill, inundating the town. However, being on higher ground, the school building was not flooded and became a private residence at 85 Backshall Road (now in Barrine, ).

Demographics

In the , Barrine had a population of 241 people. In the , Barrine had a population of 303 people.

Education

There are no schools in Barrine. The nearest government primary school is Yungaburra State School in neighbouring

to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Malanda State High School in Malanda to the south.

References

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