Andromache, Queensland

Andromache is a rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Andromache had a population of 51 people.[1]

Andromache
Queensland
Andromache is located in Queensland
Andromache
Andromache
Coordinates20.5958°S 148.4097°E / -20.5958; 148.4097 (Andromache (centre of locality))
Population51 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.1205/km2 (0.3122/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4800
Area423.1 km2 (163.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)Whitsunday
Federal division(s)Dawson
Suburbs around Andromache:
Lake Proserpine Pauls Pocket Goorganga Creek
Bogie Andromache Thoopara
Bogie Bloomsbury Bloomsbury

History

Named after the Andromache River which first appears on a survey map of a route for a telegraph line from Bowen to Mackay drawn in late 1864 by surveyor and entrepreneur T.H. Fitzgerald. It is possible he gave the name. Andromache was the wife of the legendary Greek hero, Hector.[2]

Andromache Provisional School opened circa 1891 and closed circa 1893.[3]

Andromache River Prosivional School opened in In 1927 and closed in 1928.[3]

In the 2016 census, Andromache had a population of 51 people.[1]


References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Andromache (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Andromache – locality in Whitsunday Region (entry 46850)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. 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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