Eurimbula is a coastal rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivi ...
in the
Gladstone Region
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 ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Eurimbula had a population of 4 people.
It is home to the
Eurimbula National Park
Eurimbula National Park is a protected area in the locality of Eurimbula, Queensland, Australia, in the Gladstone Region near Agnes Water, 411 km north of Brisbane.
Location and Features
The Park is located on the central Queensland coa ...
. The town is part of the Gooreng Gooreng Aboriginal people's traditional territory.
Geography
The waters and inlets of the ''
Coral Sea
The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fren ...
'' form the north-western, northern, eastern, and south-eastern boundaries. The
Bustard Head Light
Bustard Head Light is an active lighthouse located on the southeast tip of Bustard Head, a headland, about northwest of Seventeen Seventy, in the Australian state of Queensland, within the Eurimbula National Park and locality of Eurimbula. ...
is within the locality.
Heritage listings
Eurimbula has a number of
heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many i ...
sites, including:
* south of Gladstone:
Bustard Head Light
Bustard Head Light is an active lighthouse located on the southeast tip of Bustard Head, a headland, about northwest of Seventeen Seventy, in the Australian state of Queensland, within the Eurimbula National Park and locality of Eurimbula. ...
Education
There are no schools in Eurimbula. The nearest primary schools are in neighbouring
Agnes Water
Agnes Water is a coastal town and a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Agnes Water had a population of 2,729 people.
Geography
Agnes Water is in Central Queensland approximately south-east of the Bruce Highway, Q ...
and
Bororen. The nearest government secondary schools are in
Tannum Sands
Tannum Sands is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The locality is bounded to north-east by the Coral Sea, to the north-west and west by the Boyne River, and to the south-west by Station Cre ...
and
Rosedale; there is a private secondary school in Agnes Water.
References
{{Gladstone Region
Gladstone Region
Coastline of Queensland
Localities in Queensland