Nerada, Queensland

Nerada is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Nerada had a population of 97 people.[1]

Nerada
Queensland
Nerada
Coordinates17.5491°S 145.8713°E / -17.5491; 145.8713
Population97 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3.012/km2 (7.80/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4860
Area32.2 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Nerada:
Wooroonooran Ngatjan Cooroo Lands
Wooroonooran Nerada Coorumba
Wooroonooran East Palmerston Coorumba

History

The locality takes its name from its former railway station. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word from the Mamoo language meaning grass country.[2]

Nerada State School opened on 11 February 1937. It closed in 1945.[3]

In 1958 Dr Allan Maruff started the first commercial tea plantings in Australia since 1886 in the Nerada valley, south of Cairns, Queensland, using seedlings from the former Cutten brothers plantation at Bingil Bay.[4] In 1969 Tea Estates of Australia (TEA) commenced tea planting adjacent to the Nerada plantation. In 1971 Nerada Tea Estates (NTE) opened Australia's first commercial tea factory. In 1973 TEA purchased NTE, ceased selling bulk tea and marketed the tea under the Nerada brand.[5]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nerada (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Nerada - locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45741)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  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. Taylor, R.J. (1982). The lost plantation : a history of the Australian tea industry. Cairns: G.K. Bolton. ISBN 0909920168.
  5. "Our History". Nerada Tea. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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