Malmoe is a rural

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in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...

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, Australia. In the , Malmoe had a population of 37 people.

Geography

The

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east ...

enters the locality from the north (

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) and exits to the south ( Coonambula / O'Bil Bil), forming a section of the southern boundary of the locality. Two of its tributaries, A Creek and O'Bil Bil Creek form part of the locality's south-western and south-eastern boundaries respectively. Malmoe has one mountain in the east of the locality, called Spring Hill (), which rises to above sea level. The

Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, Queensland, Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, Queensland, Rockhampton, to the D'Aguilar ...

enters the locality from the north (Grosvenor) and exits to the south-east (O'Bil Bil). The land use is predominantly irrigated crop growing around the Burnett River, but otherwise is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

History

The name Malmoe is derived from the name of a pastoral run name, operated from at least 1848 by the

Archer brothers The Archer brothers were among the earliest European settlers in Queensland, Australia. They were explorers and pastoralists. Seven sons of William Archer, a Scottish timber merchant, they spent varying amounts of time in the colony of New Sout ...

, a family with connections to Scotland and Norway. It is suspected that it refers to the Swedish city of Malmo. Many of the settlers were German. The Malmoe Apostolic Church opened in 1913, part of the

Apostolic Church of Queensland The Apostolic Church of Queensland is a Christian denomination founded by Heinrich Friedrich Niemeyer. The church's logo is a 4R-symbol. The four "R"s stand for: RIGHT - ROYAL - RIGHTEOUS - RICH: * RIGHT according to the bible The B ...

. It was demolished in 1969 to be replaced by a new church building in 1970. It is now within the locality of O'Bil Bil. Malmoe State School opened in August 1914. It was on the northern side of Augustines Road (). In 1925, it was relocated to a new site near the O'Bil Bil railway station. In 1928, it was renamed O'Bil Bil State School. It closed circa 1964. It was at 80 O'Bil Bil Road (). The

Mungar Junction to Monto railway line The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast line at Mungar railway ...

opened in stages with the section from

Mundubbera Mundubbera ( ) is a rural town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mundubbera had a population of 1,120 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although ...

Ceratodus ''Ceratodus'' (from , 'horn' and 'tooth') is an extinct genus of freshwater lungfish that was found worldwide during the Mesozoic Era. It has been described as a "catch all", and a " form genus" used to refer to the remains (typically tooth ...

opening on 26 April 1924, with Malmoe railway station serving the locality (). The last train on the railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 it was announced the line was officially closed; the station is now abandoned.

Demographics

In the , Malmoe had a population of 37 people. In the , Malmoe had a population of 37 people.

Education

There are no schools in Malmoe. The nearest government schools are Eidsvold State School (Kindergarten - Year 12) in Eidsvold to the north and Mundubbera State College (Early Childhood - Year 10) in

to the south-east.

Amenities

Despite the name, the Malmoe Apostolic Church is at 529 Augustines Road in O'Bil Bil ().

Geography

History

Demographics

Education

Amenities

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