Crinum
Queensland
Crinum is located in Queensland
Crinum
Crinum
Coordinates23°12′13″S 148°16′06″E / 23.2036°S 148.2683°E / -23.2036; 148.2683 (Crinum (centre of locality))
Population86 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.1713/km2 (0.4436/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4723
Area502.1 km2 (193.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (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 (23°15′27″S 148°18′02″E / 23.2574°S 148.3006°E / -23.2574; 148.3006 (Kestrel coal mine)). 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

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

  1. 1 2 "2021 Crinum, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. "Crinum – locality in Central Highlands Region (entry 46945)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "Lilyvale Stand Monument (entry 602167)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Crinum (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. "Lilyvale Stand Monument (entry 602167)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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