Midgenoo, Queensland

Midgenoo
Queensland

View across the fields to distant mountains, Midgenoo, 2013
Midgenoo
Coordinates 17°53′41″S 145°57′38″E / 17.8947°S 145.9605°E / -17.8947; 145.9605Coordinates: 17°53′41″S 145°57′38″E / 17.8947°S 145.9605°E / -17.8947; 145.9605
Postcode(s) 4854
Area 7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
LGA(s) Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s) Hinchinbrook
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Localities around Midgenoo:
Feluga Feluga East Feluga
Bulgun Midgenoo East Feluga
Birkalla Birkalla Merryburn

Midgenoo is a town and a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Geography

The town is north of centre within the locality. This land is flat (approx 20 metres above sea level) and is used for crops, principally sugarcane.[3]

The Bruce Highway and North Coast railway line traverse the locality from south-west to north, passing through the town.[3] Midgenoo railway station services the town.[4] There are also sugarcane tramways in the locality.[3]

History

The town's name Midgenoo is taken from its railway station and is reportedly an Aboriginal word for a local tree.[1]

Midgenoo State School opened in 1923 but closed in 1933.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Midgenoo - town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22010)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Midgenoo - locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45730)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Midgenoo - railway station in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22011)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

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