Selene, Queensland
{{Use DMY dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2019}}
{{GeoGroup}}{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Selene
| city =
| state = qld
| image = StateLibQld 2 246606 Railway workers at their camp, 1949.jpg
| caption = Railway workers at their camp in the Selene district, 1949
| coordinates = {{coord|-25.0066|151.14|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Selene (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 27
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4630
| area = 33.2
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 17.4
| dir1 = S
| location1 = Montol
| dist2 = 114
| dir2 = NNW
| location2 = Gayndah
| dist3 = 177
| dir3 = S
| location3 = Gladstone CBD
| dist4 = 185
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Bundaberg
| dist5 = 472
| dir5 = NW
| location5 = Brisbane
| lga = North Burnett Region
| stategov = Callide
| fedgov = Flynn
| near-n = Mulgildie
| near-ne = Tellebang
| near-e = Tellebang
| near-se = Tellebang
| near-s = Kapaldo
| near-sw = Glenleigh
| near-w = Glenleigh
| near-nw = Coominglah Forest
}}
Selene is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|47374|Selene|locality in North Burnett Region|access-date=20 July 2021}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Selene had a population of 27 people.
Geography
Abercorn Road enters the locality from the north-west (Mulgildie) and exits to the south-west (Glenleigh).{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}
Tuturi is a neighbourhood in the north of the locality ({{coord|-25.0000|151.1333|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Tuturi}}) near the former railway station of the same name.{{cite QPN|35438|Tuturi|locality unbounded in North Burnett Regional|access-date=20 July 2021}} The name Tuturi was assigned by the Queensland Railways Department and is word from the Waka language, meaning grey box tree.
The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Sugarcane areas |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}
History
Originally proposed as Mulgeldie State School, Selene State School opened on 25 January 1926 under teacher Miss Hall.{{cite news |date=10 February 1926 |title=UPPER BURNETT. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21021598 |accessdate=18 May 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=21,231}}{{cite news |date=15 February 1926 |title=UPPER BURNETT |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220643707 |accessdate=19 May 2025 |newspaper=The Daily Mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=7477}} In June 1938, the school was relocated to new {{Convert|2|acre|adj=on}} site at 261 Selene Hall Road ({{Coord|-25.0086|151.1655|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Selene State School (former)}}).{{cite news |date=17 June 1938 |title=KAPALDO |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151193974 |accessdate=19 May 2025 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=20,780}}{{Cite web|date=1939|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m158|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m158-surv-control-1939.jpg|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=5 December 2021}} It closed on 25 July 1965.{{Cite QSA Agency|9214|Selene State School|16 May 2025
}}{{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}}
The now-closed Mungar Junction to Monto railway line opened to Selene in 1927. The locality was served by two now-abandoned stations:
- Tuturi railway station ({{coord|-24.9997|151.1480|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Tuturi 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}}
- Selene railway station ({{coord|-25.0078|151.1464|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Selene railway station}})
Selene Baptist Church was officially opened by Reverend Benjamin Hewison (President of the Queensland Baptist Union) on Saturday 13 May 1933.{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland}}{{Cite web|title=1933 Selene|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1933-Selene.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland}}{{cite news|date=20 May 1933|title=BAPTIST.|page=5|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=23,495|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22177608|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=5 December 2021}}{{cite news|date=23 May 1933|title=BAPTIST CHURCH|page=7|newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser|issue=19,520|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149297275|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=5 December 2021}} It was on Kalpaldo Road (opposite junction with Selene Hall Road, {{Coord|-25.0059|151.1390|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Selene Baptist Church (former)}}). In 1962, it was relocated to Monto be used as a hall for the Monto Baptist Church.{{Cite web |title=Selene Baptist Church {{!}} Selene |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=6278&Selene%20Baptist%20Church%20Selene |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database}}
The last train on the railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 it was announced the line was officially closed.{{Cite news|last=Gough|first=Emma|date=2012-06-07|title=Last train out of Monto gone|work=The Courier Mail|url=https://www.newsregionalmedia.com.au/news/last-train-out-of-monto-gone/news-story/a2c5b2acd42176a01872884e0a33af7d|access-date=2021-12-05}}
Selene Public Hall was on Selene Hall Road.{{Cite web |date=17 November 2020 |title=Building points - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050838/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}} Having been unused for about ten years, it was relocated in February 2017 to the Monto Historical Centre at 20 Flinders Street, Monto, for use as an archive for the photographs of the Monto Historical Society.{{Cite news |last=Lawrie |first=Jack |date=2 February 2017 |title=Selene Hall arrives at Monto Historical Society |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/bundaberg/selene-hall-arrives-at-monto-historical-society/news-story/705a4e51d91655503456e93ff19e49df |access-date=16 May 2025 |work=The Courier-Mail}}{{Cite Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-24.8635031,151.1104086,3a,19.2y,63.57h,84.46t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1siPuPJqzF0ldvX5OFAWzbPw!2e0!5s20220701T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D5.5363143933968075%26panoid%3DiPuPJqzF0ldvX5OFAWzbPw%26yaw%3D63.56567276817582!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUxMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D|access-date=16 May 2025|title=Selene Hall|SV=yes|date=July 2022}}{{Cite web |date=2017-06-19 |title=Selene Hall - Monto Magic |url=https://montomagic.com.au/selene-hall/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Monto Magic}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Selene had a population of 25 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32559|name=Selene (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Selene had a population of 27 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32534|name=Selene (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Selene. The nearest government primary school is Mulgildie State School in neighbouring Mulgildie to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Monto State High School in Monto to the north. There is also a Catholic primary school in Monto.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=16 May 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}
References
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Further reading
{{commons category|Selene, Queensland}}
- {{Citation|author1=Mulgildie State School. Jubilee Booklet Committee|title=The golden jubilee of Mulgildie State School 1927-1977|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8496167|publication-date=1977}} — includes Selene State School
{{North Burnett Region}}