:Mirani, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Mirani

| state = qld

| image = Mirani railway station, 2004.jpg

| caption = Mirani railway station, 2004

| coordinates = {{coord|-21.16|148.8686|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mirani (town centre)}}

| pop = 1806

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4754

| area = 51.9

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 37.1

| dir1 = W

| location1 = Mackay CBD

| dist2 = 369

| dir2 = NW

| location2 = Townsville

| dist3 = 978

| dir3 = NNW

| location3 = Brisbane

| dist4 =

| dir4 =

| location4 =

| elevation = 120

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| lga = Mackay Region

| stategov = Mirani

| fedgov = Capricornia

| near-n = Devereux Creek

| near-ne = Devereux Creek

| near-e = Marian

| near-se = Kinchant Dam

| near-s = Mia Mia

| near-sw = Septimus

| near-w = Benholme

| near-nw = Mount Martin

}}

Mirani ({{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|ˈ|r|ɑː|n|i|}}) is a rural town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|22253|Mirani|town in Mackay Region|access-date=20 July 2021}}{{cite QPN|46808|Mirani|locality in Mackay Region|access-date=20 July 2021}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Mirani had a population of 1,806 people.

Geography

The locality of Mirani is predominantly flat land used for sugar cane farming. It is bounded to the south by Lake Kinchant, the impoudment created by the Kinchant Dam. The Pioneer River passes through the locality from west to north and forms part of the northern boundary. The Mackay–Eungella Road passes from east to north-west through the locality. There are a network of private tramways through Mirani to transport the sugar cane to the Mackay Sugar mills.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=31 December 2021}}

The town of Mirani is situated centrally within the locality on the eastern bank of the Pioneer River with Mackay-Eungella Road passing through it.

History

File:Mirani railway bridge, circa 1910.jpg

Yuwibara (also known as Yuibera, Yuri, Juipera, Yuwiburra) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwibara country. It is closely related to the Biri languages/dialects. The Yuwibara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Mackay Region.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/177|title=Yuwibara|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}

The Pioneer Valley railway line coming west from Mackay to Mirani (then known as Hamilton) was built in 1885. Later the name was changed to Mirani to avoid confusion with Hamilton in Brisbane.{{Cite web|title = History of the Mackay Railway|url = http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/railway/qrbriefhistory.html|website = www.mackayhistory.org|accessdate = 2016-01-01|archive-date = 11 August 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110811074811/http://mackayhistory.org/research/railway/qrbriefhistory.html|url-status = live}} The line had the following stations servicing the locality (from west to east):

Yeolands railway station ({{coord|-21.1555|148.8298|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Yeolands railway station}}){{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
Mirani West railway station ({{coord|-21.1577|148.8519|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Mirani West railway station}})
Mirani railway station ({{coord|-21.1591|148.8643|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Mirani railway station}})
Nanyima railway station ({{coord|-21.1607|148.8781|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Nanyima railway station}})
Otterburn railway station ({{coord|-21.1580|148.8987|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Otterburn railway station}})

Between 1886 and 1896 land was made available for selection to be agricultural farms on the resumed portions of the Hamilton and Hopetown pastoral runs.{{cite news |date=17 June 1886 |title=The Brisbane Courier. |volume=XLI |page=4 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=8,868 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4495074 |accessdate=5 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=31 October 1896 |title=SANDY CREEK RAILWAY. |volume=70 |page=2 |newspaper=Mackay Mercury |issue=52 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168865722 |accessdate=5 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The receiving office called Hamilton had provided limited postal services to the community, and in 1885 the name Hamilton was changed to Hopeton.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Mirani* | access-date = 23 February 2021}}{{cite news |date=23 May 1885 |title=Correspondence. |volume=XIX |page=7 |newspaper=The Week |issue=491 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181526066 |accessdate=5 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} Mirani Post Office replaced the Receiving office in April 1890.{{cite news |date=11 April 1890 |title=Monthly Postal Guide. |page=2 |newspaper=The Telegraph |issue=5,458 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176137206 |accessdate=5 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Mirani Provisional School opened on 18 January 1892, becoming Mirani State School on 11 March 1897. In 1961, the school added a secondary department, which operated until a separate secondary school was opened in 1967. The school was located at Augusta Street on the site of the current secondary school.{{Cite web|date=1962|title=8655-I-South Mirani D|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-31680-line-colour-8655-i-s-mirani-d-1962.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=31 December 2021|website= |publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231044632/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-31680-line-colour-8655-i-s-mirani-d-1962.jpg}} On 22 June 1968, the school relocated to its present site in Maud Street with new buildings.{{Cite QldSchool|accessdate=1 January 2016}}{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{cite QSA Agency|5487|Mirani State School|2 January 2016

}}{{Cite web|date=2020-02-10|title=Our school|url=https://miraniss.eq.edu.au/our-school|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Mirani State School|language=en|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309161255/https://miraniss.eq.edu.au/our-school|url-status=live}}

On Sunday 10 December 1899, Bishop Joseph Higgins, accompanied by 500 other people, travelled by special train to Mirani, where Higgins laid the foundation stone for a new Catholic church in Mirani.{{cite news|date=12 December 1899|title=Queensland |volume=LVI |page=6|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=13,079|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3707059|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080850/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3707059|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=11 December 1899|title=Telegraphic News|volume=X |page=51|newspaper=The North Queensland Register|issue=53|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83147166|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080741/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83147166|url-status=live}} The new convent was opened on Sunday 6 April 1924.{{cite news|date=28 March 1924|title=Church services |volume=58 |page=7|newspaper=Daily Mercury |issue=908|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169226259|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080804/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169226259|url-status=live}} A new church opened on Sunday 5 June 1927.{{cite news|date=3 June 1927|title=Church services |volume=60 |page=6|newspaper=Daily Mercury|issue=4555|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172661307|via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080903/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172661307|url-status=live}}

File:Mirani Shire Council, Queensland, Australia. October 1935.jpg

On Sunday 15 March 1908, Reverend T. Hely-Wilson laid the foundation stone for an Anglican church.{{cite news|date=12 March 1908|title=Local General|page=3|newspaper=Daily Mercury|issue=743|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170785657|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080741/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170785657|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=21 March 1908|title=Laying a foundation block at Mirani |page=4 |newspaper=Daily Mercury |issue=751|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170787800|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080810/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170787800|url-status=live}} The church opened on Sunday 20 September 1908, when it was dedicated to the Good Shepherd.{{cite news|date=12 September 1908|title=Opening of a church |page=4|newspaper=Daily Mercury|issue=932|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170797981|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080906/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170797981|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=21 September 1908|title=Church of England, Mirani |page=3|newspaper=Daily Mercury|issue=939|location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170794333|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080741/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170794333|url-status=live}} In August 1951, Bishop Wilfred Belcher opened a new Good Shepherd Anglican Church.{{cite news|date=25 August 1951|title=Mirani church dedication |volume=85 |page=9|newspaper=Daily Mercury|issue=203|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172242186|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080741/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172242186|url-status=live}}

On Sunday 12 July 1908, a Presbyterian church opened in Mirani.{{cite news|date=9 July 1908|title=Mirani Presbyterian Church |page=3|newspaper=Daily Mercury|issue=846|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170795739|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080818/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170795739|url-status=live}} The church was re-opened on 4 August 1918.{{cite news|date=27 July 1918|title=Church services |page=3 |newspaper=Daily Mercury|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177709927|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=28 December 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228080742/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177709927|url-status=live}}

On 4 September 1913, the Shire of Mirani was established, split from the Shire of Pioneer under the Local Authorities Act 1902. Mirani was the administrative centre of the shire.

File:Mirani West Railway Station after the 1918 Mackay cyclone which struck 20–21 January 1918.png

The 1918 Mackay cyclone struck the city of Mackay, Queensland, Australia on 20{{en dash}}21 January 1918.{{Cite news |date=20 January 2018 |title=100 years ago, a cyclone without a name killed 30 people and almost levelled a young city |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-20/centenary-1918-cyclone-100-year-mackay-30-people-dead-category-4/9313774 |access-date=20 January 2018}} It remains one of the most destructive cyclones to strike a populated centre in Australia.

Mirani State High School opened on 23 January 1967.{{cite QSA Agency|4942|Mirani State High School|2 January 2016

}}{{Cite web|date=2018-11-02|title=Our school|url=https://miranishs.eq.edu.au/our-school|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Mirani State High School|language=en|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309161406/https://miranishs.eq.edu.au/our-school|url-status=live}}

At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Mirani had a population of 813.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL338600|name=Mirani (L) (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=13 June 2011|quick=on}}

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Mirani merged with the City of Mackay and Shire of Sarina to form the Mackay Region.

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Mirani had a population of 1,541 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31875|name=Mirani (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Mirani had a population of 1,806 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31859|name=Mirani (SAL)|access-date=17 June 2024|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

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

Victoria Street ({{coord|-21.1601|148.8641|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Lt Thomas Armstrong Memorial}}): Lt Thomas Armstrong Memorial{{cite QHR|15499|Lt Thomas Armstrong Memorial|600724|accessdate=10 July 2013}}
Victoria Street: Mirani railway station{{cite QHR|15759|Mirani Railway Station Building|600984|accessdate=10 July 2013}}

Education

Mirani State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 12 Maud Street ({{coord|-21.1614|148.8619|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mirani State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web|date=2020-02-10|title=Mirani State School|url=https://miraniss.eq.edu.au/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Mirani State School|language=en|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309155141/https://miraniss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 343 students with 20 teachers (19 full-time equivalent) and 19 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|access-date=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}

Mirani State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at Augusta Street ({{coord|-21.1576|148.8623|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mirani State High School}}).{{Cite web|date=2018-11-02|title=Mirani State High School|url=https://miranishs.eq.edu.au/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Mirani State High School|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609185945/https://miranishs.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 842 students with 70 teachers (68 full-time equivalent) and 35 non-teaching staff (26 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.

Amenities

The Mackay Regional Council operates a library at 16 Victoria Street.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/libraries/official_stuff/contact_us|title=Libraries: Contact/Opening Hours|publisher=Mackay Regional Council|access-date=28 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301063545/http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/libraries/official_stuff/contact_us|archive-date=1 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

References

External links

{{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/mirani|title=Mirani|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
{{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-mirani-1975.jpg|title=Town map of Mirani|date=1975|publisher=Queensland Government}}

Category:Towns in Queensland

Category:Mackay Region

Category:North Queensland

Category:Localities in Queensland