Tinana South, Queensland

The Mary River forms the western boundary of the locality, while Tinana Creek forms the eastern boundary.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=26 November 2023}}

The Bruce Highway passes through the locality from the south (Glenorchy) to the north (Tinana).

The principal land use is irrigated crop growing, predominantly sugarcane. There is also grazing on native vegetation.

In March 1913, local residents requested the Queensland Government provide a school for the local area, pointing out that children were having to walk three or four miles to the school in Tinana. Local sugarcane farmer John Parke donated {{Convert|5|acre||abbr=}} of his property "Spring Grove" for the Teddington State School (as it was originally proposed to be named). It was built as an open-air school (a less-enclosed building).{{cite news |date=9 April 1913 |title=NEW STATE SCHOOL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150809559 |accessdate=25 January 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=12,458}}{{cite news |date=5 August 1914 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215705783 |accessdate=25 January 2024 |newspaper=The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=44 |issue=5386}}{{cite news |date=2 September 1914 |title=TENDERS' ACCEPTED. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178838552 |accessdate=25 January 2024 |newspaper=Daily Standard |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=536}} The school was officially opened as Parke State School on 24 October 1914 by John Douglas Story, the Under-Secretary for the Department of Education. Story praised the open-air design as being both healthier for the students and cheaper for the government, as small rural schools were not always permanent due to fluctuations in the local population.{{cite news |date=26 October 1914 |title=THE NEW PARKE STATE SCHOOL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151014927 |accessdate=25 January 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=12,930 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125213000/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151014927 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=26 October 1914 |title=Open Air Schools. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177938414 |accessdate=25 January 2024 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=13,083 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125212956/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177938414 |url-status=live }} The school admitted its first 21 students on 11 November 1914; the first teacher was Grace Smith. On 24 November 1914, it was officially confirmed that the school would be known Parke State School in honour of Parke who was killed in a farm accident in November 1913 (although this name was already in unofficial use at time of its opening).{{Cite web |date=2019-01-23 |title=Welcome to Parke State School |url=https://parkess.eq.edu.au/our-school |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Parke State School |language=en |archive-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819202450/https://parkess.eq.edu.au/our-school |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-11 |title=History |url=https://parkess.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324135435/https://parkess.eq.edu.au/our-school/history |archive-date=24 March 2019 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Parke State School |language=en}}{{cite news |date=26 October 1914 |title=THE NEW PARKE STATE SCHOOL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151014927 |accessdate=20 August 2019 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=12,930 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125213000/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151014927 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=12 November 1913 |title=OBITUARY. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150589355 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126095452/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150589355 |archive-date=26 November 2023 |accessdate=20 August 2019 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=12,644}}{{Cite QSA Agency|5609|Parke State School|25 January 2024

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In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Tinana South had a population of 505 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32856|name=Tinana South (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Tinana South had a population of 545 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32828|name=Tinana South (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Parke State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 400 Teddington Road ({{coord|-25.5882|152.6689|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Parke State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|publisher=Queensland Government|date=9 July 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|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|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2021-02-24 |title=Parke State School |url=https://parkess.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Parke State School |language=en |archive-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819201915/https://parkess.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 58 students with 4 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archivedate=22 November 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=22 November 2018}}

There are no secondary schools in Tinana South; the nearest government secondary school is Maryborough State High School in Maryborough to the north.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |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 }}

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• {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma997163304702061 |title=Golden jubilee Parke State School 1914-1964 |date=1964 |publisher=The School}}
• {{cite book | last= Mathis |first = Pam J.| date= 1989 | title=Parke State School from "canvas walls to steel and concrete" | publisher=Parke State School|url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183592265102061}}

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