Thinoomba
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Thinoomba
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| state = qld
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| coordinates = {{coord|-25.5916|152.4680|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Thinoomba (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 16
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4650
| area = 74.6
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
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| lga = Fraser Coast Region
| stategov = Maryborough
| fedgov = Wide Bay
| near-n = Gungaloon
| near-ne = Dunmora
| near-e = Yerra
| near-se = Yerra
| near-s = St Mary
| near-sw = Woocoo
| near-w = Aramara
| near-nw = Gungaloon
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Thinoomba is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|46735|Thinoomba|locality in Fraser Coast Region|accessdate=27 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Thinoomba had a population of 16 people.
Geography
The Maryborough–Biggenden Road (State Route 86) runs along the northern boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Thinoomba+QLD+4650/@-25.5924565,152.3964859,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6beb40c228c407cf:0x400eef17f20f480!8m2!3d-25.6105195!4d152.4977266|title=Thinoomba, Queensland|access-date=20 August 2021}}
History
Thinoomba Provisional School opened circa 1898.{{cite news |date=19 October 1898 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148029883 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8,097}}{{cite news |date=14 August 1900 |title=GENERAL NEWS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147781703 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8,660}} It closed in 1908.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }} It was on the eastern side of Thinoomba Road ({{Coord|-25.61116|152.45609|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Thinoomba Provisional School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1921 |title=County of Lennox |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-county-lennox-sh1-1921/original |access-date=15 April 2025 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse; Mountains |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}} Circa 1918, the school building was relocated to Myrtle Creek to be the new Myrtle Creek State School at Yerra.{{cite news |date=25 April 1918 |title=YERRA. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151094470 |accessdate=15 April 2025 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=14,016}}
Gungaloon State School opened on 27 October 1921 and closed in 1931.{{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}} It was on the eastern side of the junction of Thinoomba Road and Ross Road ({{Coord|-25.57786|152.43654|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gungaloon State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1933 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m115 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m115-surv-control-1933/original |access-date=15 April 2025 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Thinoomba had a population of 31 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32837|name=Thinoomba (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Thinoomba had a population of 16 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32809|name=Thinoomba (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}