Camboon, Queensland

Camboon
Queensland
Camboon
Coordinates 25°0′10″S 150°20′45″E / 25.00278°S 150.34583°E / -25.00278; 150.34583Coordinates: 25°0′10″S 150°20′45″E / 25.00278°S 150.34583°E / -25.00278; 150.34583
Postcode(s) 4719
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Banana
State electorate(s) Callide
Federal Division(s) Flynn
Suburbs around Camboon:
Lonesome Creek Castle Creek Thangool
Harrami
Isla Camboon Rawbelle
Isla Cracow Eidsvold West

Camboon is a locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[1]

History

The name Camboon is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word caamboon meaning the bullrushes growing at the edge of waterholes.[1]

A post office opened on 1 June 1874 but closed on 16 October 1965.[2]

Camboon Provisional School opened about 1899 but closed in 1908 due to low enrolments. In 1910, the school was reopened but only operated half-time in conjunction with the newly opened Camboon Woolshed Provisional School. Both schools were closed in 1915.[3]

Events

Camboon hosts an annual campdraft every May.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Camboon (entry 5808)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  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. ↑ "Simple Pleasures: Banana Shire" (PDF). The Gladstone Region. Tourism Queensland. p. 3. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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