Crinum, Queensland

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Crinum
Queensland
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Population 86 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density 0.1713/km2 (0.4436/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4723
Area 502.1 km2 (193.9 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Central Highlands Region
State electorate(s) Gregory
Federal Division(s) Flynn
Suburbs around Crinum:
Belcong Belcong Lilyvale
Chirnside Crinum Lilyvale
Gordonstone Wyuna Wyuna

Crinum is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] At the 2021 census, Crinum had a population of 86 people.[1]

Geography

The Kestrel coal mine is located in the locality (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). It produced both thermal and coking coal. The mine has an estimated 50 to 100 megatonnes of coal.[3] It is part of the Kestrel coal reserve which spreads across Crinum and extends into neighbouring Lilyvale, Wyuna and Gordonstone, which has an estimated 100 to 500 megatonnes of coal.[3]

Although there are a number of the mines in the area, the predominant land use is grazing and cropping.[3]

History

Gregory Mine State School opened on 10 July 1978 but closed on 14 December 1979.[4]

Following the dismissal of a group of mine workers from the Gordonstone Coal Mine (later renamed by Rio Tinto to Kestral Coal Mine), the workers maintained a protest line from early October 1997 to August 1999, becoming Australia's longest running black coal labour dispute. In 1998 they erected a monument to the protest (the Lilyvale Stand Monument).[5]

In the 2016 census, Crinum had a population of 86 people.[6]

Heritage listings

File:Lilyvale Stand Monument (2009).jpg
Lilyvale Stand Monument, 2009

Crinum has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

There are no schools in Crinum. The nearest primary schools are Capella State School in Capella to the north-west and Emerald North State School in Emerald to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Capella State High School in Capella and Emerald State High School in Emerald.[3]

References

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