Where is Lamington, Queensland located?

Lamington is located in Queensland, Australia, at approximate coordinates -28.2369°, 152.9956°.

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Lamington

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Lamington

Founded

1997

Coordinates-28.24°, 153.00°

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Founded

1997

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Overview

Lamington is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Lamington had a population of 89 people.

History & geography

History

The name Bujera is an Aboriginal word meaning "warm, love, adore, a good feeling" of the traditional landowners, the Mununjali people. The school was on Kerry Road and its site is marked with a monument with a plaque. Lamington was the terminus for one branch of the Beaudesert Shire Tramway. It operated from 1910 to 1944. Captain Vance of the Royal Australian Survey Corp established a trigonometrical Station on Hillview Cliffs which was in use from 1924 and 1930.

Geography

Christmas Creek is one of a number of tributaries of the Logan River which have headwaters in the McPherson Range along the border. The upper Christmas Creek valley is mountainous. Peaks at Lamington include Little Widgee Mountain, Bujera in the east while across the valley the slopes rise towards Neglected Mountain. The southern boundary follows a section of the western Lamington Plateau and Lamington National Park. Lamington has the following mountains and cliffs: * Buchanans Fort (mountain) () * Little Widgee Mountain () * Bujera (cliff) () * Hillview Cliffs ()

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