Selene is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Selene had a population of 27 people.

Geography

Abercorn Road enters the locality from the north-west ( Mulgildie) and exits to the south-west ( Glenleigh). Tuturi is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality () near the former railway station of the same name. The name ''Tuturi'' was assigned by the

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and is word from the Waka language, meaning ''grey box tree''. The land use is a mixture of

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 and crop growing.

History

Originally proposed as Mulgeldie State School, Selene State School opened on 25 January 1926 under teacher Miss Hall. In June 1938, the school was relocated to new site at 261 Selene Hall Road (). It closed on 25 July 1965. The now-closed

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 to Selene in 1927. The locality was served by two now-abandoned stations: * Tuturi railway station () * Selene railway station () Selene Baptist Church was officially opened by Reverend Benjamin Hewison (President of the Queensland Baptist Union) on Saturday 13 May 1933. It was on Kalpaldo Road (opposite junction with Selene Hall Road, ). In 1962, it was relocated to Monto be used as a hall for the Monto Baptist Church. The last train on the railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 it was announced the line was officially closed. Selene Public Hall was on Selene Hall Road. Having been unused for about ten years, it was relocated in February 2017 to the Monto Historical Centre at 20 Flinders Street,

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, for use as an archive for the photographs of the Monto Historical Society.

Demographics

In the , Selene had a population of 25 people. In the , Selene had a population of 27 people.

Education

There are no schools in Selene. The nearest government primary school is Mulgildie State School in neighbouring Mulgildie to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School in

to the north. There is also a Catholic primary school in Monto.

Geography

History

Demographics

Education

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