Lamington is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Lamington had a population of 89 people.

Geography

Christmas Creek is one of a number of tributaries of the

Logan River The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region ...

which have headwaters in the

McPherson Range The McPherson Range is an extensive mountain range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range, heading in an easterly direction from near Wallangarra, Queensland, Wallangarra to the Pacific Ocean coastline. It forms part of the Scenic Rim on the border ...

along the border. The upper Christmas Creek valley is mountainous. Peaks at Lamington include Little Widgee Mountain, Bujera in the east while across the valley the slopes rise towards Neglected Mountain. The southern boundary follows a section of the western Lamington Plateau and

Lamington National Park The Lamington National Park is a national park in the McPherson Range on the Queensland/New South Wales border in Australia. From Southport, Queensland, Southport on the Gold Coast, Australia, Gold Coast the park is to the southwest and Brisbane ...

. Lamington has the following mountains and cliffs: * Buchanans Fort (mountain) () * Little Widgee Mountain () * Bujera (cliff) () * Hillview Cliffs ()

History

The name ''Bujera'' is an Aboriginal word meaning "warm, love, adore, a good feeling" of the traditional landowners, the Mununjali people. Willowbank Provisional School opened on 20 August 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Willowbank State School. On 13 July 1914 it was renamed Lamington State School. It closed in April 1943. The school was on Kerry Road and its site is marked with a monument with a plaque. Lamington was the terminus for one branch of the

Beaudesert Shire Tramway The Beaudesert Shire Tramway was a narrow gauge tramway which operated from Beaudesert to Lamington and Rathdowney in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia, It was one of 15 light railways built and operated by Divisional Boards and Sh ...

. It operated from 1910 to 1944. Captain Vance of the Royal Australian Survey Corp established a trigonometrical Station on Hillview Cliffs which was in use from 1924 and 1930.

Demographics

In the , Lamington had a population of 86 people. The locality contained 58 households, in which 53.5% of the population were males and 46.5% of the population were females with a median age of 48, 10 years above the national average. The average weekly household income was $1,374, $64 below the national average. In the , Lamington had a population of 89 people.

Education

There are no schools in Lamington. The nearest primary school is Hillview State School in neighbouring Hillview to the north. The nearest secondary school is Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert to the north.

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