Morinish, Queensland

The locality is bounded by the Fitzroy River to the north and west.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=13 August 2023}}

Ten Mile Creek rises in the south-west of the locality ({{coord|-23.2864|150.0377|type:river_region:AU-QLD|name=Ten Mile Creek (source)}}) and flows northward through the locality where it becomes a tributary of the Fitzroy River ({{coord|-23.0861|150.0010|type:river_region:AU-QLD|name=Ten Mile Creek (mouth)}}).{{cite QPN|-23.28640,150.03771|Ten Mile Creek|watercourse in the Rockhampton Region|accessdate=16 January 2021}}

The former town of Morinish is south of centre of the locality (approx {{Coord|-23.2524|150.1382|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Morinish (former town)}}).{{Cite web |date=1912 |title=County of Livingstone sheet 1 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-county-livingstone-sh1-1912.jpg |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=16 January 2021 |website= |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{cite news|date=31 August 1868|title=The Gazette.|volume=XXIII|page=3|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=3,408|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1317124|accessdate=16 January 2021|via=National Library of Australia}}{{Gazette QLD|url=https://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/journal/85aec34daf2e3b652ba7b434c1f11f36|date=29 August 1868|volume=9|title=Proclamation|page=1005 (PDF) 1007 (page)}}

Gold was found at Morinish in 1866 with miners working in the area by December 1866,{{cite news |date=25 December 1866 |title=TELEGRAPHIC |volume=XXI |page=2 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=2,781 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1278317 |accessdate=13 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} and a "new rush" being described in the newspapers in February 1867 with the population being estimated on the field as 600.{{cite news |date=22 February 1867 |title=QUEENSLAND |volume=XXXI |page=2 |newspaper=South Australian Register |issue=6335 |location=South Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39182653 |accessdate=13 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=15 February 1867 |title=ROCKHAMPTON |volume=III |page=2 |newspaper=Warwick Argus And Tenterfield Chronicle |issue=30 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75667260 |accessdate=13 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Morinish Post Office opened on 1 July 1867 and closed on 4 November 1872.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 4 June 2014}}

There were at least three major mines in the period of 1880s to 1900s: Welcome Reef, Alliance Mine and Mount Morinish Mine.{{cite web|title=Gold occurrences in Central Queensland|url=http://www.treasureenterprises.com/gold%20prospecting%20information/Gold_Occurrences_in_Central_Qld.htm|accessdate=4 June 2014|publisher=Treasure Enterprises of Australia}}

Perhaps reflecting the changing fortunes on the goldfields, schooling in Morinish was available intermittently.

Morinish Provisional School opened circa 1882 and closed circa 1890.{{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}} A second Morinish Provisional School opened circa 1894 and closed circa 1897, but it is not known if this was first school re-opening or a different school.

In 1902, two new provisional schools opened called Morinish No 1 Provisional School and Morinish No 2 Provisional School. They were half-time schools (meaning they shared a single teacher between them). In 1915, the No 2 school was closed and the No 1 school became the full-time Morinish State School. It closed in 1928 due to "insufficient pupils".{{cite news |date=30 May 1928 |title=RIDGELANDS. |page=10 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=19,917 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54623641 |accessdate=14 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1930, the school building was relocated to establish the State School at Garnant.{{cite news|date=20 May 1930|title=PUBLIC WORKS.|page=10|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=22,560|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21538410|accessdate=14 January 2021|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=12 June 1930 |title=MORINISH STATE SCHOOL. |page=8 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=20,443 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55369276 |accessdate=14 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=24 July 1930 |title=RIDGELANDS |volume=1 |page=44 |newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald |issue=30 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70324299 |accessdate=14 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} Morinish State School was on Morinish Road (approx {{Coord|-23.2512|150.1566|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Morinish State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1921 |title=County of Livingstone sheet 1 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-county-livingstone-sh1-1921/original |access-date=14 August 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}

Ten Mile Creek Provisional School opened in 1916 but closed circa 1917.

Morinish was within the Shire of Fitzroy until 2008 when amalgamation of local government areas resulted in it becoming part of the newly created Rockhampton Region.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Morinish had a population of 89 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31938|name=Morinish (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Morinish had a population of 62 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31920|name=Morinish (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no school in Morinish. The nearest government primary school is Ridgelands State School in neighbouring Ridgelands to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Rockhampton State High School in Wandal, a suburb of Rockhampton; however, it is sufficiently distant that other options would be distance education and boarding school.

• Fergus McMaster, one of the founders of the airline Qantas, was born in Morinish

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• {{Citation | author1=Johnson, Lex | title=Morinish : where the bottle tree stands | publication-date=2012 | publisher=Lex Johnson | isbn=978-0-9806333-3-7 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/185044751}}

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Category:Localities in Queensland