Cement Mills is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Cement Mills had a population of 11 people.

History

From 1916,

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, based in Brisbane, obtained its

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from the

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area on the

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. A mail receiving office called Cementmills was opened at the company's works in about January 1918, being renamed to Cement Mills in March 1918. It was upgraded to a full post office on 20 April 1925. By 1937, the company ceased using limestone from the area in favour of the coral from

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, resulting in the closure of the quarries and the cement mill. Gore State School opened on 20 January 1913. It was renamed Maxhill State School in 1927. In 1937, the school building was relocated to the cement mills and renamed Cement Mills State School. The school closed on 21 February 1975. In the 1980s, at the request of residents, the Inglewood Shire Council bought the school building and relocated it for use it as a public hall. Its current location is on Cement Mills Road ().

Demographics

In the , Cement Mills had a population of 13 people. In the , Cement Mills had a population of 11 people.

Education

There are no schools in Cement Mills. The nearest government primary schools are Karara State School in neighbouring Karara to the north and Amiens State School in

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to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Inglewood State School (to Year 10) in

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to the west and Stanthorpe State High School (to Year 12) in

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to the south-east. However, parts of Cement Mills are too distant to attend these secondary schools; the alternatives are

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and boarding school. There are also non-government schools in Inglewood and Stanthorpe.

References

External links

* — shows the cement mill and associated infrastructure in its active period * — shows the school {{Goondiwindi Region Goondiwindi Region Localities in Queensland