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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