Marmor

History

The town/locality takes its name from the Marmor railway station, which was called Marmor being the Latin word for marble, which is found in the district. The Marmor Provisional School opened on 6 November 1906. It became a State School on 1 January 1909. It is located on Rogers Road (). Marmor Post Office opened by October 1906 (a receiving office in the area had been open from 1883, earlier known as San Jose, then Toonda) and closed in 1982. The Marmor School of Arts opened circa December 1908. On Sunday 6 November 1910, Bishop James Duhig officially opened and dedicated St Ita's Catholic Church. The church is in the Gothic style and was built by Messrs Neumann and Coker from the design of architect E.M. Hockings of Rockhampton. The church has a single nave , a transept which has two vestries each , and a spacious vestibule. On Thursday 16 November 1911, a United church was opened in Marmor, provided by the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company. The church which was next door to the School of Arts could seat 100 people and was available for any Protestant denomination to hold their services, which were currently being held in private homes. In August 2004, the town received funding of $1772.50 from the Australian Government's Saluting Their Service program to construct a war memorial in the Marmor Memorial Park as a focal point for annual Anzac Day commemorations. There are a number of former churches in Marmor, including * St Faith the Virgin Mary Anglican Church, 20 Rogers Street () It closed circa 2013 and was sold into private ownership in December 2018 for $110,000. *St Ita's Catholic Church, 17 Tynan Street () *Marmor Uniting Church, Rogers Street

Geography

Marmor is approximately south of the city of Rockhampton. It is bounded to the north by the salt lakes of Port Alma and to the east and south-east by Raglan Creek and its tributary Horrigan Creek. The town is in the north-west of the locality. The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the east (Raglan), bypasses immediately south-west of the town and exits to the north-west (Bajool). The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the east (Raglan) immediately north of the highway, passes through the centre of the town, and then exists to the north-west (Bajool) immediately north of the highway, with the locality being served by the following stations: * Sisalana railway station (now abandoned) ()

Most-observed species

• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  405
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  395
• Red-backed Fairywren

  Malurus melanocephalus (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  393
• Australian Pipit

  Anthus australis Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
  349
• Golden-headed Cisticola

  Cisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  326
• Pacific Black Duck

  Anas superciliosa J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  292
• Whistling Kite

  Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  278
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  264