Coorumba, Queensland
Coorumba is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Coorumba had a population of 137 people.
Geography
The Johnstone River forms the northern boundary of the locality and the South Johnstone River forms the southern boundary. The land is almost entirely freehold and used for agriculture, including cropping on the flatter land and grazing on the more sloping land. The Palmerston Highway passes through the locality from east to west and there is a cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the South Johnstone sugar mill.Pioneer North Queensland Pty Ltd operate the Innisfail Hard Rock Quarry in the north of the locality, with a production capacity of 150 tonnes per hour.
Fishers Falls is a waterfall on Berner Creek in the north of the locality.
Beehive Island is an island in the South Johnstone River on the southern boundary with Mamu.
History
Coorumba was formerly a stopping place on the Innisfail-Nerada Tramway.Coorumba Provisional School opened on 28 January 1924 on land donated by the Queensland National Bank. In 1925 it became Coorumba State School. It closed on 14 December 1979. It was located along the tramway. After its closure, the Coorumba Progress Association was allowed to continue to use the school building, However, when the progress association disbanded in 1986 and given that the school building was in a poor state of repair, the Queensland Government decided to sell the site, since it was not possible to return it to the original donor as the Queensland National Bank no longer existed.
Demographics
In the, Coorumba had a population of 121 people.In the, Coorumba had a population of 137 people.