Amamoor Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Amamoor Creek had a population of 56 people.[1]
| Amamoor Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Gympie Music Muster at Amamoor Creek | |||||||||||||||
  Amamoor Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°23′10″S 152°30′25″E / 26.3861°S 152.5069°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 56 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.3316/km2 (0.859/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4570 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 168.9 km2 (65.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Gympie Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
editThe locality is roughly bounded to the south by the Amamoor Range, to the west by the Coast Range, and to the north by an unnamed ridgeline and the Ward Range.[3]
Amamoor Creek has the following peaks along its northern boundary (from west to east):
- Tewoo Rock (26°20′44″S 152°26′50″E / 26.3456°S 152.4471°E) 520 metres (1,710 ft)[4]
- Mount Tewoo (26°20′37″S 152°27′35″E / 26.3436°S 152.4597°E) 626 metres (2,054 ft)[5][6]
- Mount Wilwarrel (26°20′48″S 152°34′20″E / 26.3468°S 152.5721°E) 429 metres (1,407 ft)[5][7]
- Little Baldy (26°19′27″S 152°37′42″E / 26.3242°S 152.6283°E) 347 metres (1,138 ft)[5][8]
Most of the east of the locality is within the Amamoor State Forest (26°20′33″S 152°37′51″E / 26.3425°S 152.6308°E).[9] The west of the locality is within Wrattens National Park (26°23′12″S 152°26′05″E / 26.3866°S 152.4347°E).[10] The land use in the middle of the locality is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.[3]
History
editAmamoor Creek was named and bounded on 1 December 2000.[2] Amamoor was the name of a pastoral run in the rea held by J.D. McTaggart in the late 1850s.[11]
Amamoor State Forest was declared on 1 January 1980 under the Forestry Act 1959.[9]
In January 1982 the Webb Brothers (Fabian, Marius and Berard) won a Golden Guitar Award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival for their song "Who put the Roo in the Stew?", a reference to a recent scandal in which kangaroo meat had been found in hamburger mince exported from Australia. Their family-owned pastoral property Thornside was approaching its 100th anniversary of its establishment by their grandfather George and they decided to celebrate the occasion by hosting a country music event at their property to raise money for the Gympie Apex Club, a local community group. With the help of the Apex Club, local volunteers and the radio station 4QR (then a country music station), the first Gympie Music Muster was held on 24–26 September 1982 on 25 hectares of creek flats at Thornside. It attracted 6,000 people and raised $15,000 for local charities. After three years, the growing number of people attending (many of them camping on-site) made it necessary to find a new location near the Amamoor State Forest. A decision was also made to hold the event in August for better weather. The popularity of the event attracted many top country music performers.[12][13][14] The event was held annually until 2019 after which it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID pandemic.[15][16]
Wrattens National Park was gazetted in 2009.[10]
Demographics
editIn the 2016 census Amamoor Creek had a population of 56 people.[17]
In the 2021 census, Amamoor Creek had a population of 56 people.[1]
Education
editThere are no schools in Amamoor Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Amamoor State School in neighbouring Amamoor to the east and Widgee State School in Widgee to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil to the south-east and James Nash State High School (to Year 12) in Gympie to the north-east.[3]
Events
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The Gympie Music Muster is an annual event held in August (26°21′35″S 152°33′35″E / 26.3597°S 152.5598°E).[18]
References
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- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Amamoor Creek (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Amamoor Creek – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46298)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Tewoo Rock – rock in Gympie Regional (entry 33779)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Mount Tewoo – mountain in Gympie Region (entry 33780)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Wilwarrel – mountain in Gympie Region (entry 37631)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Little Baldy – mountain in Gympie Region (entry 19503)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Amamoor State Forest – state forest in Gympie Regional (entry 498)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Wrattens National Park – national park in Gympie Region (entry 51407)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Amamoor – population centre in the Gympie Region (entry 492)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Meet the men behind the Muster". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "How the Gympie Muster looked in the 1980s". The Courier Mail. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Moore, Tony (6 August 2016). "Inside the Gympie Muster - from where it all began to the newest songs". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Covid-19-home-page". Gympie Music Muster. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "COVID-19 clampdown sees popular music festival cancelled". ABC News. 22 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Amamoor Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Home". Gympie Music Muster. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
