Lamington, Queensland facts for kids

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Mount Widgee, 2014
Lamington Location in Queensland
Population	89 (2021 census)
• Density	1.529/km2 (3.96/sq mi)
Established	1997
Postcode(s)	4285
Area	58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	42.9 km (27 mi) S of Beaudesert 111 km (69 mi) S of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)	Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s)	Wright
Suburbs around Lamington: Oaky Creek Hillview Darlington Running Creek Lamington Southern Lamington Chinghee Creek Mount Gipps Southern Lamington

Lamington is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Lamington had a population of 89 people.

Geography

Christmas Creek is one of a number of tributaries of the Logan River which have headwaters in the McPherson Range along the border. The upper Christmas Creek valley is mountainous. Peaks at Lamington include Little Widgee Mountain, Bujera in the east while across the valley the slopes rise towards Neglected Mountain. The southern boundary follows a section of the western Lamington Plateau and Lamington National Park.

Lamington has the following mountains and cliffs:

• Buchanans Fort (mountain) (28°17′02″S 153°03′40″E / 28.2839°S 153.0612°E / -28.2839; 153.0612 (Buchanans Fort (mountain))) 817 metres (2,680 ft)
• Little Widgee Mountain (28°16′05″S 153°03′01″E / 28.2681°S 153.0504°E / -28.2681; 153.0504 (Little Widgee Mountain)) 759 metres (2,490 ft)
• Bujera (cliff) (28°18′00″S 153°04′03″E / 28.2999°S 153.0675°E / -28.2999; 153.0675 (Bujera))
• Hillview Cliffs (28°14′38″S 152°58′26″E / 28.2440°S 152.9738°E / -28.2440; 152.9738 (Hillview Cliffs))

History

Plaque marking Lamington State School

The name Bujera is an Aboriginal word meaning "warm, love, adore, a good feeling" of the traditional landowners, the Mununjali people.

Willowbank Provisional School opened on 20 August 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Willowbank State School. On 13 July 1914 it was renamed Lamington State School. It closed in April 1943. The school was on Kerry Road and its site is marked with a monument with a plaque.

Lamington was the terminus for one branch of the Beaudesert Shire Tramway. It operated from 1910 to 1944.

Captain Vance of the Royal Australian Survey Corp established a trigonometrical Station on Hillview Cliffs which was in use from 1924 and 1930.

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Lamington had a population of 86 people. The locality contained 58 households, in which 53.5% of the population were males and 46.5% of the population were females with a median age of 48, 10 years above the national average. The average weekly household income was $1,374, $64 below the national average.

In the 2021 census, Lamington had a population of 89 people.

Education

There are no schools in Lamington. The nearest primary school is Hillview State School in neighbouring Hillview to the north. The nearest secondary school is Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert to the north.