Petford

Petford is a locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Petford
Queensland
Petford
Coordinates17.3666°S 144.9125°E / -17.3666; 144.9125
Postcode(s)4871
Area737.3 km2 (284.7 sq mi)
Location142 km (88 mi) SW of Cairns
LGA(s)Shire of Mareeba
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Petford:
Chillagoe Chillagoe Dimbulah
Almaden Petford Irvinebank
Barwidgi Munderra Irvinebank

History

The locality takes its name from the railway station which was named after John Joseph Petford, an official of Queensland Railways Department for many years.[1] The railway station was on the Chillagoe Railway & Mining Co. line from Mareeba to Mount Garnet which opened its first section from Mareeba to Lappa, just south-west of Petford, in 1900. The station no longer operates, but the line still exists, with the Savannahlander tourist train passing through Petford on its way between Cairns and Forsayth.[2]

Bamford Provisional School opened on 23 January 1905. The school closed in 1907 but reopened in 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Bamford State School. It closed on 2 August 1935.[3]

References
  1. "Petford - locality in Shire of Mareeba (entry 48840)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. The Savannahlander - Forsayth to Cairns Thomas, A. Australian Railway History, July 2004 pp255-258
  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


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