Thinoomba

== History ==

== History ==

The first section of the [[Mungar Junction to Monto railway line]] was from [[Mungar Junction railway station|Mungar Junction]] to [[Brooweena]] which opened on 29 July 1889<ref>{{cite news |date=31 July 1889 |title=Queensland News |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171038480 |accessdate=18 December 2023 |newspaper=[[Darling Downs Gazette]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE DARLING DOWNS GAZETTE.) |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXXI |issue=7,307}}</ref> with a siding established at Thinoomba ({{coord|-25.6004|152.4536|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Thinoomba railway station}}).<ref name="railwaystations">{{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> The last train on the railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 the line was officially closed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gough |first=Emma |date=7 June 2012 |title=Last train out of Monto gone |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/south-burnett/last-train-out-of-monto-gone/news-story/a2c5b2acd42176a01872884e0a33af7d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209064618/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/south-burnett/last-train-out-of-monto-gone/news-story/a2c5b2acd42176a01872884e0a33af7d?nk=6d9f0b09cea95400a60977eb84d7bf09-1702104378 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |access-date=26 September 2022 |website=[[The Courier-Mail]]}}</ref>

The first section of the [[Mungar Junction to Monto railway line]] was from [[Mungar Junction railway station|Mungar Junction]] to [[Brooweena]] which opened on 29 July 1889<ref>{{cite news |date=31 July 1889 |title=Queensland News |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171038480 |accessdate=18 December 2023 |newspaper=[[Darling Downs Gazette]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE DARLING DOWNS GAZETTE.) |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXXI |issue=7,307}}</ref> with a siding established at Thinoomba ({{coord|-25.6004|152.4536|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Thinoomba railway station}}).<ref>{{Cite QPN|34222|Thinoomba|railway station in the Fraser Coast Region|access-date=8 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="railwaystations">{{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> The railway siding name appears to the origin of the locality name.<ref name="qpnl" /> The last train on the railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 the line was officially closed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gough |first=Emma |date=7 June 2012 |title=Last train out of Monto gone |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/south-burnett/last-train-out-of-monto-gone/news-story/a2c5b2acd42176a01872884e0a33af7d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209064618/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/south-burnett/last-train-out-of-monto-gone/news-story/a2c5b2acd42176a01872884e0a33af7d?nk=6d9f0b09cea95400a60977eb84d7bf09-1702104378 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |access-date=26 September 2022 |website=[[The Courier-Mail]]}}</ref>

Thinoomba Provisional School opened circa 1898.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 October 1898 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148029883 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8,097}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=14 August 1900 |title=GENERAL NEWS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147781703 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8,660}}</ref> It closed in 1908.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]] | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}</ref> It was on the eastern side of Thinoomba Road ({{Coord|-25.61116|152.45609|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Thinoomba Provisional School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1921 |title=County of Lennox |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-county-lennox-sh1-1921/original |access-date=15 April 2025 |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |type=Map}}</ref><ref name="globeother">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse; Mountains |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> Circa 1918, the school building was relocated to Myrtle Creek to be the new Myrtle Creek State School at [[Yerra]].<ref>{{cite news |date=25 April 1918 |title=YERRA. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151094470 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=14,016}}</ref>

Thinoomba Provisional School opened circa 1898.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 October 1898 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148029883 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8,097}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=14 August 1900 |title=GENERAL NEWS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147781703 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8,660}}</ref> It closed in 1908.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]] | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}</ref> It was on the eastern side of Thinoomba Road ({{Coord|-25.61116|152.45609|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Thinoomba Provisional School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1921 |title=County of Lennox |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-county-lennox-sh1-1921/original |access-date=15 April 2025 |publisher=[[Queensland Government]] |type=Map}}</ref><ref name="globeother">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse; Mountains |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> Circa 1918, the school building was relocated to Myrtle Creek to be the new Myrtle Creek State School at [[Yerra]].<ref>{{cite news |date=25 April 1918 |title=YERRA. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151094470 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser]] |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=14,016}}</ref>