Memerambi, Queensland
town in Queensland, Australia
Memerambi is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Memerambi had a population of 338 people.
Geography
The town is on the Bunya Highway, 239 kilometres (149 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane.
The Nanango railway line ran immediately west of the highway with the town being served by the Memerambi railway station (26.4516°S 151.8225°E / -26.4516; 151.8225 (Memerambi railway station)).
History
The name Memerambi is an Aboriginal word for the sugargum tree.
The town was surveyed on 7 May 1904 by surveyor Hector Munro. On 17 October 1904, the first government land sales occurred in the new town of Memerambi with 58 town lots and 74 suburban lots on offer.
On 19 December 1904, the final stage of the Nanango railway line from Murgon to Kingaroy was opened with Memeambi railway station serving the town. This section of the line was closed in July 1964.
Memerambi Provisional School opened on 16 October 1905.
“Memerambi, Queensland” enters the record as town in Queensland, Australia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Memerambi, Queensland and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6815209. Authority coordinates are -26.450, 151.817. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1904, 1964 and 1905.
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