Colosseum is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Colosseum had a population of 218 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west by the ridge of the Many Peaks Range and to the south-east loosely by

Baffle Creek The Baffle Creek is a creek in Central Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Baffle Creek rises near Arthurs Seat in the Eurimbula State Forest and just south of the Eurimbula National Park in the Great Dividing Range. The creek flo ...

at the foot of the Gwynne Range (in the neighbouring locality of Mount Tom to the west). The

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Nat ...

passes through the locality from south ( Gindoran) to north (

Miriam Vale Miriam Vale is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Miriam Vale had a population of 512 people. Geography The town is situated on the Bruce Highway, north of Brisbane, the state capital, and sout ...

). The North Coast railway line passes through the locality from south-east ( Lowmead) to north-east (Miriam Vale / Mount Tom). The north-west corner of the locality is within

Bulburin National Park Bulburin National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 120 km south of Gladstone and 40 km south-west of Miriam Vale. Here is the largest remnant of the subtropical rainforest in central Queensland. Diversity of wildlif ...

which extends into neighbouring locality of

Boyne Valley The River Boyne ( ga, An Bhóinn or ''Abhainn na Bóinne'') is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through C ...

. A second disconnected part of Bulburin National Park incorporates part of the western edge of Colosseum, extending into Boyne Valley and neighbouring Gindoran to the south-west. The Mount Colosseum National Park is in the east of the locality. Apart from the protected areas, the land use is a mixture of plantation forestry (mostly in the south-west of the locality) and

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

on native vegetation. The residential area is mostly around the Bruce Highway in the north of the locality. There are a number of mountains in the locality including (from north to south): * Mount Colosseum () at above sea level in the Mount Colosseum National Park * Mount Elmo () at above sea level in the centre of the locality *Dahls Hill () at above sea level in the south of the locality * Palm Hill () at above sea level in the south of the locality *Granite Hill () at above sea level on the southern boundary of the locality with Gindoran

History

The section of the North Coast railway line from Rosedale to

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opened on 1 October 1897 with the locality being served by the now-abandoned Colosseum railway station (). Polmaily Provisional School opened on 22 August 1900. On 1 January 1909 it became Polmaily State School. It closed in 1935. The school was at 664 Blackmans Gap Road (). The Polmaily State School War Memorial is at the back of the former Polmaily State School site in bushland (). It commemorates 18 pupils of the school who served in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

. It was unveiled on Friday 13 December 1918 by Elizabeth Smith, wife of the Presbyterian minister Thomas Smith, who also spoke at the ceremony. The couple had two sons who served in the war, Sydney Francis and Archibald Philip. The memorial was organised by Charles Row Vanderwolf whose two sons Charles Jakeman and Harry served with Charles Jakeman killed. The memorial is an obelisk high and was made from Queensland freestone with marble panels by stonemason John Thomas Satchwill of Knight Marble Works in Maryborough. Although the school land is now used for other purposes, a land parcel has been set aside as a reserve for the war memorial with the

Gladstone Regional Council Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia. The council covers an area of , had an estimated resident population at 30 June 2018 of 62,979, and has an estimated operating budget of A$84 million. History Gladstone Re ...

appointed trustee. Bariveloe State School opened on 2 August 1927 and closed on 15 June 1947. The school was located on Bariveloe Road just south of Colosseum Creek (approx ). In the , Colosseum had a population of 218 people.

Education

There are no schools in Colosseum. The nearest primary schools are Miriam Vale State School in neighbouring Miriam Vale to the north and Lowmead State School in neighbouring Lowmead to the southeast. The nearest secondary schools are Miriam Vale State School (to Year 10), Rosedale State School (to Year 12) in Rosedale to the south, and

Tannum Sands State High School Tannum Sands State High School (TSSHS or often Tannum High) is a public high school located in Tannum Sands, Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Each grade has an average of about 213 students. It is the first and only secondary school e ...

in Tannum Sands to the north-east.

References

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