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]

In May 1936 the Queensland Government decided to construct a school at Nerada.[3][4] Nerada State School opened on 11 February 1937. It closed in 1945.[5] It was located at approximately 334 Nerada Road (17.5486°S 145.8703°E / -17.5486; 145.8703 (Nerada State School (site))).[6][7] About 1951 the school building was relocated to Woopen Creek State School.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

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. "Nerada School". The Northern Herald. 94 (1206). Queensland, Australia. 23 May 1936. p. 42. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "School for Nerada". Johnstone River Advocate And Innisfail News. 27 (24). Queensland, Australia. 8 May 1936. p. 4. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. "Palmerston" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m403" (Map). Queensland Government. 1951. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  8. "Removal of Nerada School". Cairns Post (15, 500). Queensland, Australia. 12 November 1951. p. 5. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. Taylor, R.J. (1982). The lost plantation : a history of the Australian tea industry. Cairns: G.K. Bolton. ISBN 0909920168.
  10. "Our History". Nerada Tea. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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