Bajool, Queensland
town and locality in Queensland, Australia
Bajool is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Bajool had a population of 447 people.
Geography
Bajool is located on the Bruce Highway, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Rockhampton and 74 kilometres (46 mi) north of Gladstone. Eight-Mile Creek flows to the east of the town.
The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the west (Marmor) and exits to the north (Midgee) with two railway stations serving the locality (from north to south):
Archer railway station (23.5839°S 150.5838°E / -23.5839; 150.5838 (Archer railway station))
Bajool railway station, serving the town (23.6517°S 150.6447°E / -23.6517; 150.6447 (Bajool railway station))
The Bruce Highway runs almost parallel and immediately south of the railway line, except that it bypasses the town to the west.
The locality has the following mountains:
Beschs Hill (23.8161°S 150.5509°E / -23.8161; 150.5509 (Beschs Hill)) 528 metres (1,732 ft)
Mount Gindiwarra (23.7756°S 150.7100°E / -23.7756; 150.7100 (Mount Gindiwarra)) 398 metres (1,306 ft)
Mount Helen (23.8072°S 150.5936°E / -23.8072; 150.5936 (Mount Helen)) 633 metres (2,077 ft)
Mount Hopeful (23.7299°S 150.5339°E / -23.7299; 150.5339 (Mount Hopeful)) 634 metres (2,080 ft)
Mount Kelly (23.8012°S 150.6506°E / -23.8012; 150.6506 (Mount Kelly)) 310 metres (1,020 ft)
Mount Mccamley (23.8035°S 150.6556°E / -23.8035; 150.6556 (Mount Mccamley)) 319 metres (1,047 ft)
History
The town takes its name from the Bajool railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1903 using the Aboriginal name for the lagoon on the Archer brothers' property Gracemere. The name of the lagoon has also been written as Padgole and Badul. It has been suggested that the meaning of the name was Big Fella water hole or stop here.
A provisional school opened on 12 March 1888 at Eight Mile Creek under teacher Mr Beck (brother of J. Beck, chairman of the Fitzroy Shire Council); it closed in 1892. The school reopened on 30 September 1895 with teacher Michael Donovan, but closed again on 18 September 1896.
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