Eimeo, Queensland
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Eimeo Mackay, Queensland, Queensland |
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 Eimeo
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| Coordinates | 21°03′06″S 149°10′24″E / 21.05167°S 149.17333°ECoordinates: 21°03′06″S 149°10′24″E / 21.05167°S 149.17333°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 3,309 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4740 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 14 km (9 mi) N of Mackay | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mackay Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Whitsunday | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Dawson | ||||||||||||
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Eimeo is a coastal town and suburb of Mackay, Queensland, the regional city of Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census, Eimeo had a population of 3309.
The name Eimeo was derived from pastoral run name used by Jeremiah Downs Armitage, a pastoralist in the 1870s, possibly because of his birthplace in Tahiti, claimed to be Moorea (also called Eimeo).
Eimeo Road State School opened on 5 February 1934. It is the largest primary school in the Whitsunday Region, Mackay Region and Issac Region. It has a number of students there exceeding 1200. Its largest population ever recorded was 1264 in 2002.
Eimeo Post Office opened on 24 January 1949 and closed in 1972.
Eimeo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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