Mount Tarampa, Queensland

Mount Tarampa is a locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Mount Tarampa
Queensland
Lower Lockyer Creek, Mount Tarampa, 2011
Mount Tarampa
Coordinates27.4652°S 152.4844°E / -27.4652; 152.4844
Postcode(s)4311
Area34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Mount Tarampa:
Atkinsons Dam Atkinsons Dam Clarendon
Lockyer Waters Mount Tarampa Rifle Range
Kentville
Lynford		 Lockrose Brightview

Geography

Lockyer Creek forms the southern and eastern boundary of the locality. Although the locality is predominantly flat farming land, there is a local prominence (also called Mount Tarampa) of 150 metres in the southern part of the locality.[2]

History

Mount Tarampa Provisional School opened on 23 July 1906, becoming Mount Tarampa State School on 1 January 1909.[3]

Education

Mount Tarampa State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at 9 Profkes Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 44 students with 4 teachers (3 equivalent full-time) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 equivalent full-time).[4]

Heritage listings

Mount Tarampa has the following heritage-listed sites:

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References
  1. "Mount Tarampa - locality in Somerset Region (entry 44904)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Mount Tarampa State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. "Mt Tarampa State School (entry 602853)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

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