Memerambi

History

The name Memerambi is an Aboriginal word for the sugargum tree. On 19 December 1904, the final stage of the Nanango railway line from Murgon to Kingaroy was opened with Memeambi railway station serving the town. This section of the line was closed in July 1964. Memerambi Provisional School opened on 16 October 1905. On 1 January 1909, it became Memerambi State School. The school celebrated its centenary on 15 October 2005. It was mothballed on 31 December 2006 and closed on 23 October 2007. The school was at 1-27 King Street (). The school's website was archived. Memerambi Methodist Church was built in 1908 at a cost of £100. It could seat 100 people. It was on the corner of Corndale Road and Earl Street (). In 1956, it was relocated to Corndale. A postal receiving office opened in Memerambi in 1909. Memerambi Post Office opened September 1910 and closed in 1978. All Saints' Anglican Church was dedicated on 9 April 1912. It closed circa 1966. Memerambi was once a bustling centre with a hotel, two general stores, saddlery, butcher, bank, mobile sawmill and cheese factory.

Geography

The town is on the Bunya Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  612
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  563
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  562
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  520
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  477
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  475
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  468
• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  454

Most recent

• M 4.9 — 2025-08-15
  12 km ESE of Cherbourg, Australia
• M 3.9 — 2007-08-25
  40 km W of Kingaroy, Australia
• M 3.6 — 2005-03-07
  36 km WNW of Kingaroy, Australia
• M 3.7 — 2004-02-21
  47 km WNW of Kingaroy, Australia