Moomin

History

The locality was named after the railway station on the Tablelands railway line, and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning wasp's nest. It was a tent school to provide schooling for the children of railway workers living in railway camps during the construction of the railway through the Herberton Range. In 1994 a new primary school campus for Herberton State School (then at Grace Street, Herberton) was constructed in Moorim.

Geography

The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks: * Mount Ida () at above sea level *St Patrick Hill () at above sea level * Stewart Head ( ) at above sea level The Herberton railway line ran through the locality but that section of the line closed in 1988, but part of the line remains in use as the Atherton Herberton Historic Railway. There were two railway stations on the line in Moomin: * Moomin railway station, now abandoned () * The Village railway station, still in use ()

Most-observed species

• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  6,388
• Brown Gerygone

  Gerygone mouki Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  4,679
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  4,052
• Gray Fantail

  Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves
  3,790
• Gray-headed Robin

  Heteromyias cinereifrons (E.P.Ramsay, 1876) · Aves
  3,731
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,486
• Australian Brushturkey

  Alectura lathami J.E.Gray, 1831 · Aves
  3,424
• Golden Whistler

  Pachycephala pectoralis (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,175

Most recent

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