Tinana South is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Tinana South had a population of 545 people.

Geography

The Mary River forms the western boundary of the locality, while Tinana Creek forms the eastern boundary. The

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...

passes through the locality from the south ( Glenorchy) to the north ( Tinana). The principal land use is irrigated crop growing, predominantly

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. There is also

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

In March 1913, local residents requested the Queensland Government provide a school for the local area, pointing out that children were having to walk three or four miles to the school in Tinana. Local

farmer John Parke donated of his property "Spring Grove" for the Teddington State School (as it was originally proposed to be named). It was built as an open-air school (a less-enclosed building). The school was officially opened as Parke State School on 24 October 1914 by

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, the Under-Secretary for the

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. Story praised the open-air design as being both healthier for the students and cheaper for the government, as small rural schools were not always permanent due to fluctuations in the local population. The school admitted its first 21 students on 11 November 1914; the first teacher was Grace Smith. On 24 November 1914, it was officially confirmed that the school would be known Parke State School in honour of Parke who was killed in a farm accident in November 1913 (although this name was already in unofficial use at time of its opening).

Demographics

In the , Tinana South had a population of 505 people. In the , Tinana South had a population of 545 people.

Education

Parke State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 400 Teddington Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 4 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Tinana South; the nearest government secondary school is

Maryborough State High School Maryborough State High School (commonly abbreviated as 'MSHS') is a public high school located in Maryborough, Queensland, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. The school is run by the Queensland State Government, and is split on either side of Ke ...

in Maryborough to the north.

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