East Palmerston, Queensland
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East Palmerston is a rural
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in the Cassowary Coast Region,
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, Australia. In the , it had a population of 220 people. East Palmerston is a prominent
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growing region with some of Australia's largest banana plantations.


Geography

The Palmerston Highway enters the locality from the north-east ( Nerada / Coorumba) and exits to the south-west through the locality ( Palmerston / Wooroonooran). The land use is a mixture of
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on native vegetation and horticulture. It is a prominent
banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...
growing region with some of Australia's largest banana plantations.


History

The locality is presumably so named because it is to the east of neighbouring Palmerston, which in turn is believed to be named after explorer and prospector,
Christie Palmerston Cristofero Palmerston Carandini or Christopher "Christie" Palmerston (c. 1850 – 15 January 1897) was an Australian explorer and prospecting, prospector in North Queensland. He led several expeditions during the last quarter of the 19th century ...
. About July 1933, the land of East Palmerston was surveyed to enable 10,400 acres be offered for
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in 55 lots. By September 1938, a large population was living in the area with some farms sufficiently established to supply cream to the Millaa Millaa butter factory. The Palmerston East State School (sometimes called East Palmerston State School) opened on 19 April 1938. In 2010, the school had an enrolment of 17 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). It closed on 26 April 2012. It was located at 2068 Palmerston Highway East (). The school's website was archived. On 25 April (
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) 2008, a memorial was unveiled at Palmerston East State School at 2068 Palmerston Highway commemorating the Australian servicemen and women who served during wars and other conflicts.


Demographics

In the , East Palmerston had a population of 173 people. In the , East Palmerston had a population of 220 people.


Education

There are no schools in East Palmerston. The nearest government primary school is Mundoo State School in Wangan to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in
Innisfail Estate Innisfail Estate is a semi-rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Innisfail Estate had a population of 1,454 people. Geography Innisfail Estate is bounded by the Johnst ...
to the north-east.


Community groups

The East Palmerston branch of the
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meets at the Currajah Hotel, Grima Street, Wangan.


References


Further reading

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