Miallo, Queensland
| Miallo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Miallo | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°24′20″S 145°22′06″E / 16.4055°S 145.3683°ECoordinates: 16°24′20″S 145°22′06″E / 16.4055°S 145.3683°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4873 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29.3 km2 (11.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Miallo is a locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.[1]
Geography
Miallo consists of flat land (about 10 metres about sea level) which is used for farming surrounding a mountainous area rising to Mount Somerset, a peak 200 metres about sea level).[2][3] The crops grown are sugarcane and tropical fruit.[4] There is a cane tramway system through Miallo to deliver sugarcane to the sugar mill at Mossman.[3]
History
The name Miallo is an Aboriginal word, meaning wild country.[1]
Mialloa Provisional School opened on 2 October 1911. It became Miallo State School on 30 July 1923.[5]
Education
Miallo State School is a government co-educational primary (P-6) school at Miallo Road (between Rutherford Road and Syndicate Road). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 175 students with 16 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).[6]
References
- 1 2 "Miallo - locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48754)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Mount Somerset - mountain in Douglas Shire (entry 31393)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ↑ "Destination Daintree". Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Miallo State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
Further reading
- Miallo State School (1986), Miallo State School 75th anniversary 1911-1986, Miallo State School, retrieved 29 September 2017