Nome, Queensland

The Bruce Highway forms the southern boundary of the locality. The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the east (Cape Cleveland) and roughly follows Nome's southern boundary before exiting to the west (Julago).

There were a number of railway stations in the locality, all now abandoned (from north to south):

• Nome railway station ({{coord|-19.3747|146.9200|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Nome railway station (former)}}){{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}}
• Alligator Creek railway station ({{coord|-19.3877|146.9554|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Alligator Creek railway station (former)}})
• Killymoon railway station ({{coord|-19.3908|146.9892|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Killymoon railway station (former)}})

Oolbun is a neighbourhood on the northern boundary in the locality ({{coord|-19.3251|146.9281|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Oolbun (neighbourhood)}}).{{cite QPN|39304|Oolbun|locality unbounded in City of Townsville|accessdate=29 December 2020}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=23 May 2022}}

The locality has the following mountains:

• Mount Matthew ({{coord|-19.3433|146.9082|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Matthew}}) {{convert|305|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|21216|Mount Matthew|mountain in Townsville City|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Woodstock Hill ({{coord|-19.3602|146.9853|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Woodstock Hill}}) {{convert|234|m}}{{cite QPN|38007|Woodstock Hill|mountain in Townsville City|access-date=25 November 2020}}

Nome has an area of 53.1 square kilometers and an average elevation of 39 meters above sea level.{{cite web |author=Shaun Madison - MBendi Information Services |date=15 November 2012 |title=Nome, Queensland, Australia: Information, Business and Travel Directory for Nome |url=http://www.mbendi.com/a_sndmsg/place_view.asp?pid=2270354 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629203556/http://www.mbendi.com/a_sndmsg/place_view.asp?pid=2270354 |archive-date=29 June 2013 |access-date=21 April 2013 |publisher=Mbendi.com}}

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with a number of areas of rural residential housing. There is also a small amount of crop growing in the south-east of the locality.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

The locality's name is derived the from railway station name, which in turn is believed to be a corruption of NQME (North Queensland Meat Export) Siding.{{cite QPN|24460|Nome|railway station in City of Townsville|accessdate=10 June 2019}}

File:Alligator Creek Meatworks, 1917.tif

Oolbun was the neighbourhood where the Alligator Creek meatworks (approx {{Coord|-19.3249|146.9397|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Alligator Creek meatworks (former)}}) and the housing for many of its employees was located. North Queensland Boiling Down and Meat Processing Company established the meatworks in 1879, but the 1884 drought resulted in its closure. In 1890, the meatworks reopened as a meat extract businesses, later becoming a freezing plant in 1914 supplying frozen meat during World War I. In 1914, a railway line was built connecting the meatworks which was serviced by the Oolbun railway station to the Nome railway station on the North Coast railway line. The meatworks closed in 1966. The railway line and Oolbun railway station are no longer extant.{{cite QPN|39304|Oolbun|rail station - feature no longer exists in City of Townsville|access-date=21 May 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Oolbun |url=https://www.aboutthenorth.au/styled-126/styled-149/styled-140/styled-157/styled-300/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=About The North |language=en |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922031120/https://www.aboutthenorth.au/styled-126/styled-149/styled-140/styled-157/styled-300/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=1942 |title=Townsville (Special) |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-townsville-special-1942/original |access-date=22 September 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922030929/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-townsville-special-1942/original |url-status=live }}

Oolbun Provisional School opened in 1917.{{cite news |date=10 February 1917 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59289065 |accessdate=22 September 2024 |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXXIII |issue=10,675 |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922034625/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59289065 |url-status=live }} It closed circa 1932.{{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 Item|15763|School Correspondence Files for State Schools: Oolbun State School|22 September 2024}} It was part of the complex of buildings at the meatworks.{{Cite web |date=1942 |title=Toowoomba |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-bandw-townsville-temp-ed-1942/original |access-date=22 September 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922034713/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-1mile-military-line-bandw-townsville-temp-ed-1942/original |url-status=live }}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Nome had a population of 992 people. Of these, 525 were male, and 467 were female. The median age was 47, the median personal income was A$635/week, and the median household income was A$1356/week. Most residents were Australian by birth, but Nome also has significant communities from the United Kingdom and New Zealand.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31229|name=Nome (SSC)|access-date=10 July 2024|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Nome had a population of 1,016 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32175|name=Nome (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Nome had a population of 990 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32157|name=Nome (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no schools in Nome. The nearest government primary schools are Wulguru State School in Wulguru to the west and Giru State School in Giru to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is William Ross State High School in Annandale, Townsville.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

There is a park at the end of Bloodwood Drive ({{coord|-19.3754|146.9162|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Bloodwood Drive Park}}).{{Cite web |date=20 November 2020 |title=Land for public recreation - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009 |archive-date=22 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

The Billabong Sanctuary is an interactive wildlife sanctuary at 2 Muntalunga Drive ({{Coord|-19.3747|146.9058|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Billabong Sanctuary}}).{{Cite web |title=Billabong Sanctuary Wildlife Park |url=https://www.billabongsanctuary.com.au/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Billabong Sanctuary Wildlife Park |language=en-AU |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922034715/https://www.billabongsanctuary.com.au/ |url-status=live }}

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