Miallo, Queensland
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 A farm house in Miallo next to the cane railway | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 16°24′20″S 145°22′06″E / 16.4055°S 145.3683°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 28.0 km2 (10.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 406 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 14.50/km2 (37.55/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4873 | ||||||||||||
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Miallo is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Miallo had a population of 406 people.[2]
Geography
Miallo consists of flat land (about 10 metres above sea level) which is used for farming surrounding a mountainous area rising to Mount Somerset (16°25′18″S 145°22′00″E / 16.4217°S 145.3668°E), a peak 221 metres (725 ft) above sea level.[4][5][6] The crops grown are sugarcane and tropical fruit.[7]
There is a cane tramway system through Miallo to deliver sugarcane to the sugar mill at Mossman.[6]
Thooleer is a neighbourhood in the locality (16°25′00″S 145°23′00″E / 16.4166°S 145.3833°E).[8]
History
The name Miallo is an Aboriginal word, meaning wild country.[3]
Mialloa Provisional School opened on 2 October 1911. It became Miallo State School on 30 July 1923.[9][10]
On Sunday 20 December, St Anthony's Catholic Church was officially opened and dedicated by Bishop Thomas Cahill. It was a reconstruction of a building bought from Lawrence Butler Rutherford. Prior to the construction of the church, Mass had been held in private homes.[11]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Miallo had a population of 376 people.[12]
In the 2021 census, Miallo had a population of 406 people.[2]
Education
Miallo State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Miallo Bamboo Creek Road (16°23′20″S 145°22′34″E / 16.3888°S 145.3761°E).[13][14] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 179 students with 16 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).[15] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 190 students with 16 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).[16]
There is no secondary school in Miallo. The nearest government secondary school is Mossman State High School in neighbouring Mossman to the south.[6]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Miallo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Miallo (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Miallo – locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48754)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Somerset – mountain in Douglas Shire (entry 31393)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Destination Daintree". Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Thooleer – locality unbounded in Shire of Douglas (entry 34293)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "History". Miallo State School. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "MOSSMAN NOTES". Cairns Post. No. 16, 165. Queensland, Australia. 1 January 1954. p. 5. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Miallo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Miallo State School". Miallo State School. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
Further reading
- Miallo State School (1986), Miallo State School 75th anniversary 1911-1986, Miallo State School, retrieved 29 September 2017