Barmoya
Queensland
Barmoya is located in Queensland
Barmoya
Barmoya
Coordinates23°07′40″S 150°32′23″E / 23.1277°S 150.5397°E / -23.1277; 150.5397 (Barmoya (centre of locality))
Population80 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.04/km2 (2.68/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4703
Area77.2 km2 (29.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Livingstone Shire
State electorate(s)Keppel
Federal division(s)Capricornia
Suburbs around Barmoya:
Rossmoya Greenlake Greenlake
Wattlebank Barmoya Lake Mary
The Caves Sandringham Cobraball
Mulara

Barmoya is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Barmoya had a population of 80 people.[1]

History

Barmoya Settlement State School opened on 31 August 1911. in 1935 was renamed Barmoya East State School. It closed on 4 July 1969.[3] It was at 9 C H Barretts Road (corner of East Barmoya Road, 23°08′41″S 150°32′38″E / 23.14461°S 150.54377°E / -23.14461; 150.54377 (Barmoya East State School (former))).[4][5]

Barmoya Central State School opened on 28 August 1918. In 1936 it was renamed Wattlebank State School. It closed in December 1959.[3]

The locality was officially named and bounded on 18 February 2000.[2]

In the 2016 census Barmoya had a population of 80 people.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Barmoya (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Barmoya – locality in Livingstone Shire (entry 50244)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m237" (Map). Queensland Government. 1962. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 22 September 2023.


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