:Crohamhurst, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Crohamhurst

| city =

| state = qld

| image = Crohamhurst Observatory (former) (2007).jpg

| caption = Former Crohamhurst Observatory, 2007

| coordinates = {{coord|-26.8083|152.8611|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Crohamhurst (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 219

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4519

| area = 20.5

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 13.8

| dir1 = NW

| location1 = Beerwah

| dist2 = 34.7

| dir2 = W

| location2 = Caloundra

| dist3 = 41.1

| dir3 = SW

| location3 = Maroochydore

| dist4 = 89.3

| dir4 = N

| location4 = Brisbane

| lga = Sunshine Coast Region

| stategov = Glass House

| fedgov = Fisher

| near-n = Maleny

| near-ne = Bald Knob

| near-e = Bald Knob

| near-se = Peachester

| near-s = Peachester

| near-sw = Peachester

| near-w = Peachester

| near-nw = Wootha

}}

Crohamhurst is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.File:CC_BY_icon-80x15.png {{cite QPN|48592|Crohamhurst|locality in Sunshine Coast Region|access-date=8 August 2023}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Crohamhurst had a population of 219 people.

In 1893, Crohamhurst recorded {{convert|907|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rain in one day during the passage of a cyclone, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia.{{cite web |year=2013 |title=Rainfall and Temperature Records |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/extreme/records.shtml?bookmark=brochures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000054/http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/extreme/records.shtml?bookmark=brochures |archive-date=3 December 2013 |accessdate=22 November 2013 |publisher=Australian Bureau of Meteorology}}

Geography

Most of the southern boundary is marked by the Stanley River. The north of Crohamhurst is protected within a section of the Glass House Mountains National Park. Also in the area is the Crohamhurst State Forest.

Crohamhurst has the following mountains:

Candle Mountain ({{coord|-26.8132|152.8540|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Candle Mountain}}) {{convert|293|m}}{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|6038|Candle Mountain|mountain in Sunshine Coast Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Blanc ({{coord|-26.8143|152.8785|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Blanc}}) {{convert|227|m}}{{cite QPN|3150|Mount Blanc|mountain in Sunshine Coast Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}

History

File:StateLibQld 1 125263 Group at Crohamhurst State School, ca. 1909.jpg

The name Crohamhurst comes from the name of the farm Crohamhurst established by Owen and Emilie/Amelia Jones who immigrated from Surrey, England. The Jones family named their farm after a property called Crohamhurst (also written Croham Hurst) owned by Lord Goschen in Surrey.

The son of Owen and Emilie/Amelia Jones was Inigo Owen Jones, the long-range weather forecaster who established the now heritage-listed Crohamhurst Observatory on the farm. His theories about weather cycles related to sunspot activity.

In 1893, Inigo Jones recorded {{convert|907|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rain in one day at Crohamhurst during the passage of a cyclone, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia. He had just resigned as an employee of the Queensland Meteorological Service Inigo Owen Jones at that time. The 20-year-old Jones, later became a controversial climate forecaster, believing that weather patterns were influenced related to sunspot activityand electromagnetic effects of far away planets.{{Cite web |last=Sherratt |first=Tim |date=2011-02-13 |title=Inigo Jones: The Weather Prophet |url=http://discontents.com.au/inigo-jones-the-weather-prophet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929134311/http://discontents.com.au/inigo-jones-the-weather-prophet/ |archive-date=29 September 2020 |access-date=2021-03-03 |website=discontents |language=English}}

Crohamhurst State School opened on 21 July 1913. It closed on 14 October 1960.{{cite QSA Agency|5959|Crohamhurst State School|16 April 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19881472 |title=STATE SCHOOLS. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=27 June 1913 |accessdate=16 April 2014 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303232427/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19881472 |url-status=live }} It was located on Crohamhurst Road ({{Coord|-26.8104|152.8717|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Crohamhurst State School (former)}}) on land donated by Owen Jones (father of Inigo Owen Jones) which is now within the Crohamhurst State Forest, land donated by Inigo Owen Jones.{{Cite journal|last=Harden|first=W. P. H.|date=October 1940|title=The History of the Peachester and Crohamhurst District|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:207890|journal=The Historical Society of Queensland Journal|volume=3|issue=2|pages=133|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721174712/https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:207890|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Inigo Jones Farm Site (PEA4): Local Heritage Place|url=https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/~/media/Corporate/Migrated/Files/Uploads/addfiles/documents/planning/scpstext/pssch6.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=Sunshine Coast Regional Council|page=SC6-143|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401134338/https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/~/media/Corporate/Migrated/Files/Uploads/addfiles/documents/planning/scpstext/pssch6.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2016 }}{{Cite web|date=1949|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m74|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m74-roads-1949.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=16 October 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016110148/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m74-roads-1949.jpg |archive-date=16 October 2021 }} It closed on 14 October 1960. The location of the school is marked with a sign by the road.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-26.8102213,152.8717102,3a,90y,180.39h,87.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6VjvFy0qEsiHvwG6Z30LJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en|title=Sign for the former Crohamhurst State School|access-date=17 October 2021}}

Inigo Jones inherited the property from his parents, and in 1950 he gave the farm to the Queensland Government provided he and his wife could continue to live there until their deaths. The observatory part of the land is now heritage-listed and the rest of the land (including the school which closed about 1960) is now the Crohamhurst State Forest.

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Crohamhurst had a population of 203 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30449 |name=Crohamhurst (State Suburb) |accessdate=14 July 2013 |quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Crohamhurst had a population of 217 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30759|name=Crohamhurst (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Crohamhurst had a population of 219 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30753|name=Crohamhurst (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

Crohamhurst has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

former Crohamhurst Observatory, 131 Crohamhurst Road ({{coord|-26.8098|152.8697|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Crohamhurst Observatory}}){{cite QHR|654|Crohamhurst Observatory (former)|602682|accessdate=14 July 2013}}

Education

There are no schools in Crohamhurst. The nearest government primary school is Peachester State School in neighbouring Peachester to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Beerwah State High School in Beerwah to the south-east.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=8 August 2023}}

Facilities

Despite the name, Peachester Cemetery is on Cemetery Road in Crohamhurst ({{coord|-26.8202|152.8722|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Peachester Cemetery}}).{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Cemetery Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115100513/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b |archive-date=15 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

Notable residents

Inigo Owen Jones, long-range weather forecaster