Evelyn

History

The name Evelyn is taken from the name of an early pastoral run, which was named by Francis Horace Stubley (a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the Electoral district of Kennedy 1878-83), after his wife. Evelyn Scrub Provisional School opened on 31 March 1896 with 15 students under head teacher Alice Margaret Sheehan. On 1 January 1909, it became Evelyn Scrub State School. The school closed temporarily from 1918 to 1919. It closed permanently on 19 August 1946. It was near Mill Creek on Jonsson Road (approx ). Geraldton Road State School opened in 1916. It closed in 1960. It was at 45 Geraldton Road ().

Geography

The Kennedy Highway enters the locality from the north (Upper Barron) and exits to the south (Ravenshoe). Longlands Gap–Herberton Road starts from the Kennedy Highway on the north-western boundary of the locality and proceeds north-west through Wondecla.

Most-observed species

• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  3,361
• Gray-headed Robin

  Heteromyias cinereifrons (E.P.Ramsay, 1876) · Aves
  2,932
• Gray Fantail

  Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves
  2,824
• Australian Brushturkey

  Alectura lathami J.E.Gray, 1831 · Aves
  2,498
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  2,471
• White-throated Treecreeper

  Cormobates leucophaea (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  2,452
• Golden Whistler

  Pachycephala pectoralis (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  2,353
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,342

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2011-03-15
  30 km NE of Innisfail Estate, Australia