The town of Paluma is in the east of the locality in the 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) of the locality within the City of Townsville. The residential land use is mostly within the town.The remaining 2,286.2 square kilometres (882.7 sq mi) to the west in the Charters Towers Region has a mix of uses including grazing on native vegetation, the Paluma Range National Park, the Paluma State Forest, and the Mount Zero Taravale Private Nature Reserve (operated by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy).[5][6]
The area was originally known as Cloudy Clearing until it was renamed Paluma in 1934.[2]
It developed from a mining and forestry background. The first people to arrive here were tin prospectors in the 1870s after an abundance of tin in the mountains. The area remained isolated until a road was built up the range in the 1930s. This industry lasted for years until landowners worked together to shut it down. The tin industry was using the creeks for washing the tin; however, this was incompatible with using the creeks for Paluma's water supply.[citation needed]
Running River Provisional School opened in 1946 but closed on 31 December 1949. The school re-opened on 2 February 1954 but closed on 21 June 1963. It re-opened on 23 January 1965 and closed on 10 April 1974. It subsequently re-opened and closed permanently on 16 December 1994.[24] It was at 28 Furber Road (also known as Breakaway Road and Ewan Road, 18°58′40″S146°01′34″E / 18.9777°S 146.0262°E / -18.9777; 146.0262 (Running River State School (former))); it was a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site with a frontage onto Running River.[25][26][5]
Paluma Temporary School opened on 28 September 1950, becoming Paluma State School in 1952. The school closed on 19 July 1968 due to falling enrolments.[27][28][29]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Paluma had a population of 68 people.[1]
Heritage listingsedit
The Mount Spec Road and Little Crystal Creek Bridge is a heritage-listed road with stone-faced arch bridge in the Mount Spec Ranges built in 1933. It is the only arch road bridge that remains in service in Queensland. Crystal clear water flows down the creek filling the deep pools of Little Crystal Creek, making it an excellent natural swimming hole. It is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[31]
There are no mainstream schools in Paluma. The nearest government primary schools are Mutarnee State School in Mutarnee to the north-east of the town of Paluma and Mount Fox State School in neighbouring Mount Fox to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Ingham State High School in Ingham to the north. However, much of this large locality is too distant from these schools and the options would be distance education or boarding schools.[5]
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paluma, queensland, coordinates, using, openstreetmap, download, coordinates, coordinates, primary, coordinates, secondary, coordinates, paluma, town, city, townsville, locality, split, between, city, townsville, charters, towers, region, queensland, australia. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Paluma is a town in the City of Townsville and a locality split between the City of Townsville and the Charters Towers Region in Queensland Australia 2 3 4 In the 2016 census the locality of Paluma had a population of 68 people 1 Paluma QueenslandLooking towards the Coral Sea from Paluma 2005PalumaCoordinates19 00 34 S 146 12 34 E 19 0094 S 146 2094 E 19 0094 146 2094 Paluma town centre Population68 2016 census 1 Density0 02961 km2 0 0767 sq mi Postcode s 4816Area2 296 2 km2 886 6 sq mi Time zoneAEST UTC 10 00 Location63 9 km 40 mi S of Ingham85 5 km 53 mi NW of Townsville CBD219 km 136 mi N of Charters Towers1 443 km 897 mi NNW of BrisbaneLGA s Townsville CityCharters Towers RegionState electorate s TraegerHinchinbrookFederal division s KennedyLocalities around Paluma Mount Fox Upper StoneYuruga BambarooCrystal CreekValley Of Lagoons Paluma ClemantLynamBasalt Dotswood Hervey Range It is in the Mount Spec Ranges and is the southernmost point of Townsville s heritage listed Wet Tropics Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Heritage listings 4 Education 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksGeography editThe town of Paluma is in the east of the locality in the 10 square kilometres 3 9 sq mi of the locality within the City of Townsville The residential land use is mostly within the town The remaining 2 286 2 square kilometres 882 7 sq mi to the west in the Charters Towers Region has a mix of uses including grazing on native vegetation the Paluma Range National Park the Paluma State Forest and the Mount Zero Taravale Private Nature Reserve operated by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy 5 6 The now closed Greenvale railway line passed through the locality which was served by the now abandoned Girrinjah railway station 19 19 11 S 145 58 00 E 19 3196 S 145 9668 E 19 3196 145 9668 Girrinjah railway station 7 Paluma has the following mountains Black Hill 18 56 27 S 145 46 15 E 18 9407 S 145 7708 E 18 9407 145 7708 Black Hill 534 metres 1 752 ft 8 Krugers Hill 18 53 30 S 145 53 48 E 18 8916 S 145 8968 E 18 8916 145 8968 Krugers Hill 8 9 Mount Bitalli 18 54 57 S 145 46 18 E 18 9157 S 145 7717 E 18 9157 145 7717 Mount Bitalli 8 10 Mount Bradley 19 08 03 S 145 53 49 E 19 1341 S 145 8970 E 19 1341 145 8970 Mount Bradley 548 metres 1 798 ft 8 11 Mount Brown 19 07 26 S 145 48 22 E 19 1238 S 145 8061 E 19 1238 145 8061 Mount Brown 449 metres 1 473 ft 8 12 Mount Foxton 19 16 12 S 145 49 12 E 19 2701 S 145 8201 E 19 2701 145 8201 Mount Foxton 464 metres 1 522 ft 8 13 Mount Julia 19 10 05 S 145 47 43 E 19 1681 S 145 7952 E 19 1681 145 7952 Mount Julia 530 metres 1 740 ft 8 14 Mount Moss 19 05 08 S 145 50 51 E 19 0856 S 145 8475 E 19 0856 145 8475 Mount Moss 8 15 Mount Nokomis 19 15 14 S 146 02 06 E 19 2538 S 146 0350 E 19 2538 146 0350 Mount Nokomis 697 metres 2 287 ft 8 16 Mount Podge 19 17 44 S 145 56 58 E 19 2956 S 145 9494 E 19 2956 145 9494 Mount Podge 547 metres 1 795 ft 8 17 Mount Ryan 18 53 06 S 145 54 48 E 18 8850 S 145 9133 E 18 8850 145 9133 Mount Ryan 815 metres 2 674 ft 8 18 Mount Spectacle 19 06 25 S 145 50 49 E 19 1069 S 145 8470 E 19 1069 145 8470 Mount Spectacle 472 metres 1 549 ft 8 19 Mount Zero 19 03 14 S 146 05 48 E 19 0539 S 146 0968 E 19 0539 146 0968 Mount Zero 1 041 metres 3 415 ft 8 20 Pinnacle 19 07 00 S 145 52 41 E 19 1167 S 145 8781 E 19 1167 145 8781 Pinnacle 8 21 Powell Knob 19 05 31 S 145 50 47 E 19 0919 S 145 8464 E 19 0919 145 8464 Powell Knob 439 metres 1 440 ft 8 22 Snake Hill 18 57 20 S 145 47 27 E 18 9556 S 145 7907 E 18 9556 145 7907 Snake Hill 8 Sugarloaf 18 58 35 S 145 46 56 E 18 9764 S 145 7821 E 18 9764 145 7821 Sugarloaf 567 metres 1 860 ft 8 Trial Hill 18 58 51 S 145 48 17 E 18 9807 S 145 8047 E 18 9807 145 8047 Trial Hill 662 metres 2 172 ft 8 Twin Hills 18 59 12 S 145 45 40 E 18 9866 S 145 7611 E 18 9866 145 7611 Twin Hills 579 metres 1 900 ft 8 Willett Knob 19 05 16 S 145 50 32 E 19 0879 S 145 8422 E 19 0879 145 8422 Willett Knob 427 metres 1 401 ft 8 23 History editThe area was originally known as Cloudy Clearing until it was renamed Paluma in 1934 2 It developed from a mining and forestry background The first people to arrive here were tin prospectors in the 1870s after an abundance of tin in the mountains The area remained isolated until a road was built up the range in the 1930s This industry lasted for years until landowners worked together to shut it down The tin industry was using the creeks for washing the tin however this was incompatible with using the creeks for Paluma s water supply citation needed Running River Provisional School opened in 1946 but closed on 31 December 1949 The school re opened on 2 February 1954 but closed on 21 June 1963 It re opened on 23 January 1965 and closed on 10 April 1974 It subsequently re opened and closed permanently on 16 December 1994 24 It was at 28 Furber Road also known as Breakaway Road and Ewan Road 18 58 40 S 146 01 34 E 18 9777 S 146 0262 E 18 9777 146 0262 Running River State School former it was a 5 acre 2 0 ha site with a frontage onto Running River 25 26 5 Paluma Temporary School opened on 28 September 1950 becoming Paluma State School in 1952 The school closed on 19 July 1968 due to falling enrolments 27 28 29 The Paluma Environmental Education Centre was established in 1977 by the Queensland Department of Education on the site of Paluma State School 30 In the 2016 census the locality of Paluma had a population of 68 people 1 Heritage listings editThe Mount Spec Road and Little Crystal Creek Bridge is a heritage listed road with stone faced arch bridge in the Mount Spec Ranges built in 1933 It is the only arch road bridge that remains in service in Queensland Crystal clear water flows down the creek filling the deep pools of Little Crystal Creek making it an excellent natural swimming hole It is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register 31 Education editPaluma Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at 53 Mt Spec Road 19 00 30 S 146 12 27 E 19 0082 S 146 2074 E 19 0082 146 2074 Paluma Environmental Education Centre 32 33 The school provides students from years 1 to 12 the opportunity to engage with the natural environment with one of the classrooms built underneath the canopy of the forest 30 There are no mainstream schools in Paluma The nearest government primary schools are Mutarnee State School in Mutarnee to the north east of the town of Paluma and Mount Fox State School in neighbouring Mount Fox to the north west The nearest government secondary school is Ingham State High School in Ingham to the north However much of this large locality is too distant from these schools and the options would be distance education or boarding schools 5 See also edit nbsp Queensland portal Paluma DamReferences edit a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 June 2017 Paluma SSC 2016 Census QuickStats Retrieved 20 October 2018 nbsp a b Paluma town in City of Townsville entry 25935 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 December 2017 Paluma locality in City of Townsville entry 44625 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 December 2017 Paluma locality in Charters Towers Region entry 44550 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b c Queensland Globe State of Queensland Retrieved 5 February 2023 Mount Zero Taravale AWC Australian Wildlife Conservancy Archived from the original on 5 February 2023 Retrieved 5 February 2023 Railway stations and sidings Queensland Queensland Open Data Queensland Government 2 October 2020 Archived from the original on 5 October 2020 Retrieved 5 October 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 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 Krugers Hill mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 18554 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Bitalli mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 2782 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Bradley mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 4258 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Brown mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 4753 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Foxton mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 13122 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Julia mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 17433 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Moss mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 22937 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Nokomis mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 24445 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Podge mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 27168 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Ryan mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 29386 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Spectacle mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 31608 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Mount Zero mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 38838 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Pinnacle mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 26894 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Powell Knob mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 27426 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Willett Knob mountain in Charters Towers Region entry 37514 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 25 November 2020 Queensland state school centre closures PDF Queensland Government 20 August 2013 Archived PDF from the original on 20 March 2022 Retrieved 7 April 2022 8160 Ingham Map Queensland Government 1977 Retrieved 7 May 2022 Lot 2 Ewan Road Hidden Valley via Paluma Felix Reitano Real Estate Archived from the original on 19 February 2017 Retrieved 6 May 2022 Queensland Family History Society 2010 Queensland schools past and present Version 1 01 ed Queensland Family History Society ISBN 978 1 921171 26 0 GOSSIP Townsville Daily Bulletin Vol LXX Queensland Australia 29 August 1950 p 6 Archived from the original on 25 January 2021 Retrieved 1 November 2019 via National Library of Australia Agency ID 6426 Paluma State School Queensland State Archives Retrieved 1 November 2019 a b Paluma Environmental Education Centre Paluma Environmental Education Centre 7 May 2020 Archived from the original on 6 February 2012 Retrieved 25 January 2021 Mt Spec Road and Little Crystal Creek Bridge entry 602652 Queensland Heritage Register Queensland Heritage Council Retrieved 8 September 2010 State and non state school details Queensland Government 9 July 2018 Archived from the original on 21 November 2018 Retrieved 21 November 2018 Paluma Environmental Education Centre Archived from the original on 6 February 2012 Retrieved 21 November 2018 Further reading editVenn Linda 2002 Paluma the first eighty years 1870s 1950s PDF Thuringowa City Council ISBN 978 0 9577305 5 7 Archived PDF from the original on 31 October 2019 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paluma Town map of Paluma Queensland Government 1978 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paluma Queensland amp oldid 1137562087, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
