Memerambi, Queensland
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Memerambi Queensland |
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The "Stop Shop"
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 Memerambi
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| Coordinates | 26°27′S 151°49′E / 26.450°S 151.817°ECoordinates: 26°27′S 151°49′E / 26.450°S 151.817°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 541 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4610 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||
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Memerambi is a town in the South Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The name 'Memerambi' is an Aboriginal word for Sugargum tree. The town is located in the South Burnett Region Local government area and on the Bunya Highway, 239 kilometres (149 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Memerambi and the surrounding area had a population of 541.
Memerambi was once a bustling centre with a hotel, two general stores, saddlery, butcher, bank, mobile sawmill and cheese factory. Today businesses in Memerambi include 'Stop Shop' general store; clock repairs; large machinery & engineering works; pharmaceutical manufacturing; stock feed store; graziers; concreting & pool construction.
Memerambi Post Office opened by September 1910 (a receiving office had been open from 1909) and closed in 1978.
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