Tummaville, Queensland
| Tummaville Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Former St Paul’s Anglican Church, corner of Church Road and Grasstree Road, Tummaville, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
  Tummaville | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°55′00″S 151°30′00″E / 27.9166°S 151.5°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 55 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.1966/km2 (0.509/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4352 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 279.7 km2 (108.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Tummaville is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Tummaville had a population of 55 people.[1]
History
[edit]The locality's name is derived from the parish name, allegedly an Aboriginal corruption of the name Domville referring to pastoralist Domville Taylor who was in the area in the 1840s.[2]
Tummaville State School opened on 19 January 1880. It closed in 1962.[3]
St Paul's Anglican Church is on the corner of Church Road and Grasstree Road (27°52′24″S 151°25′40″E / 27.8732°S 151.4278°E). It was dedicated on 25 February 1891 by Bishop William Thomas Thornhill Webber and was closed circa 1985.[4] The cemetery to the side of the church is now operated by the Toowoomba Regional Council.[5]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census, Tummaville had a population of 63 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, Tummaville had a population of 55 people.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tummaville (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Tummaville – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 49190)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Closed Churches". Anglican Records and Archives Centre. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Cemetery locations". Toowoomba Regional Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tummaville (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
Further reading
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- Uebergang, Grant (1990). A history of St Paul's Anglican Church, Tummaville [Grasstree] and St Peter's Anglican church, Millmerran [Back Creek], 1891-1991. G.D. Uebergang. ISBN 978-0-646-04306-7.
- Crompton, Arthur (1993). QCWA Tummaville Branch, 1959-1993. A. Crompton.