Ogmore, Queensland

Ogmore
Queensland

Queensland Rail locomotive on the North Coast line crossing the Styx River from Ogmore to St Lawrence, circa 1991
Ogmore
Coordinates 22°37′15″S 149°39′32″E / 22.6208°S 149.6588°E / -22.6208; 149.6588Coordinates: 22°37′15″S 149°39′32″E / 22.6208°S 149.6588°E / -22.6208; 149.6588
Postcode(s) 4706
LGA(s) Shire of Livingstone
State electorate(s) Mirani
Federal Division(s) Capricornia
Localities around Ogmore:
Clarke Creek St Lawrence Stanage
Clarke Creek Ogmore Marlborough
Mount Gardiner Marlborough Marlborough

Ogmore is a town and a locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Geography

The north-eastern boundary of the locality is Broad Sound with the Styx River (also known as Tooloombah Creek) flowing through Ogmore into the sound.[3]

The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality, but passes to the west of the town. The North Coast railway line also passes from south to north through the locality to the east of the highway and passes through the town which is served by the Ogmore railway station.[3]

History

Styx No. 3 Mine at Ogmore, 1949

Ogmore was originally known as Harley, taking its name from its railway station. However, to avoid confusion with Hartley in New South Wales, on 20 January 1933 it was renamed Ogmore after the coal-mining town and river in Glamorganshire, Wales.[1][2]

Styx No 3 coal mine opened near Ogmore in 1924.[4]

Hartley Provisional School opened on 26 May 1924 and became Hartley State Schol in 1929. It was renamed Ogmore State School in March 1933. It closed in 1999.[5]

The Ogmore Emergency Hospital was opened on Sunday 15 May 1949 by the Minister for Lands, Tom Foley. The wooden building cost £4235 and could accommodate 4 patients in normal circumstances and 10 in an emergency. Its role was to provide out-patient services while in-patient services would generally be limited to patients waiting to be transferred to a more major hospital or after discharge from a more major hospital. It could also be used as a clinic by visiting dentists.[6]

In April 1954, a goods train derailed near Ogmore. A bulldover travelling on a flat bed carriage was believed to have shifted on the carriage, overturning the carriage.[7]

The Styx mines closed in the 1960s. Queensland Rail disbanded its railway gang based in Ogmore in the 1990s. This caused the town's population to decline from the thousands to a tiny community of 30 people.[4]

Proposed mining project

As at December 2016, a new coal mine is being proposed for the Styx River basin 4 km south of the town. The proposal involves two open-cut pits to be mined by the truck-and-shovel methodology and will require a loading facility onto the North Coast railway line. The project is currently undergoing environmental impact assessment. The workforce of 200-250 people is expected to be recruited from the local area, including Ogmore and its neighbouring towns of Marlborough and St Lawrence.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ogmore - town in Shire of Livingstone (entry 25244)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Ogmore - locality in Shire of Livingstone (entry 48819)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 Conaghan, Rachael (20 March 2015). "Couple watches their mining town die". Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 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
  6. ↑ "Ogmore Emergency Hospital Opened". The Central Queensland Herald. 19, (1052). Queensland, Australia. 19 May 1949. p. 14. Retrieved 9 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "WRECKAGE IN GOODS TRAIN DERAILMENT NEAR OGMORE". Morning Bulletin (29,545). Queensland, Australia. 15 April 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 9 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Styx Coal Project: Initial Advice Statement" (PDF). Queensland Government. December 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

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