Wamuran Basin, Queensland

Wamuran Basin is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Wamuran Basin had a population of 130 people.[1]

Wamuran Basin
Queensland
Wamuran Basin
Coordinates27.0491°S 152.8227°E / -27.0491; 152.8227
Population130 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density12.3/km2 (31.8/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4512
Area10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Moreton Bay Region
State electorate(s)Glass House
Federal Division(s)Longman
Suburbs around Wamuran Basin:
Delaneys Creek Bracalba Wamuran
Mount Mee Wamuran Basin Wamuran
Mount Mee Campbells Pocket Wamuran

History

The locality takes its name from a local Aboriginal man, Menvil Wamuran (also known as Jacky Delaney).[2]

Basin State School opened on 2 March 1920. It closed on 1957.[3] It was unofficially known as Wamuran Basin State School.[4]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wamuran Basin (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Wamuran Basin – locality in Moreton Bay Region (entry 45475)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 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. "WAMURAN,". The Brisbane Courier (21, 811). Queensland, Australia. 22 December 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2019 via National Library of Australia.
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