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Evelyn is a rural
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in the
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,
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, Australia. In the , Evelyn had a population of 209 people.


Geography

The
Kennedy Highway The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. It runs as National Route 1 for approximately 243 km from Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Developmental Road in the vicinity of Forty Mile Sc ...
enters the locality from the north ( Upper Barron) and exits to the south (
Ravenshoe Ravenshoe ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,332 people. Geography Ravenshoe is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is ...
). Longlands Gap–Herberton Road starts from the Kennedy Highway on the north-western boundary of the locality and proceeds north-west through Wondecla.


History

The name ''Evelyn'' is taken from the name of an early pastoral run, which was named by
Francis Horace Stubley Francis Horace Stubley (1833–1886) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. Born 1833 in England, Died 23 February 1886 in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was member for Kennedy Kennedy may ...
(a
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former Electoral dis ...
in the
Electoral district of Kennedy Kennedy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. History In 1864, the ''Additional Members Act'' created six additional electoral districts, each returning 1 member: * Clermont * Kennedy * ...
1878-83), after his wife. Evelyn Scrub Provisional School opened on 31 March 1896 with 15 students under head teacher Alice Margaret Sheehan. On 1 January 1909, it became Evelyn Scrub State School. The school closed temporarily from 1918 to 1919. It closed permanently on 19 August 1946. It was near Mill Creek on Jonsson Road (approx ). Geraldton Road State School opened on 1916. It closed on 1960. It was at 45 Geraldton Road ().


Demographics

In the , Evelyn had a population of 330 people. In the , Evelyn had a population of 241 people. In the , Evelyn had a population of 209 people.


Heritage listings

Evelyn has a number of
heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...
sites, including: * Evelyn Scrub War Memorial, Jonsson Road * Cressbrook Cemetery, off Jonsson Road


Education

There are no schools in Evelyn. The nearest government primary schools are Millaa Millaa State School in neighbouring Millaa Millaa to the east, Ravenshoe State School in neighbouring
Ravenshoe Ravenshoe ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,332 people. Geography Ravenshoe is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is ...
to the south, and Herberton State School in Herberton to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Ravenshoe State School (to Year 12), Herberton State School (to Year 10), and Malanda State High School (to Year 12) in Malanda to the north-east.


Attractions

The highest point on a road in Queensland is on Tumoulin Road at an elevation of above sea level; it is marked with a road sign ().


See also

*
List of tramways in Queensland List of tramways in Queensland provides three separate lists, each in alphabetical order of the key identifier. They are: * Non sugar cane tramways, ordered by Tramway Name as contained in Wikipedia articles. * Sugar cane tramways, ordered by Sug ...


References


Further reading

* — includes the schools at Evelyn Scrub, Geraldton Road, Horseshoe Bend, Tumoulin, Kaban, Vine Creek, and Chilverton {{authority control Tablelands Region Localities in Queensland