Tummaville, Queensland

Tummaville is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2021 census, Tummaville had a population of 55 people.^[1]

Tummaville Queensland
Former St Paul’s Anglican Church, corner of Church Road and Grasstree Road, Tummaville, 2015
Tummaville
Coordinates	27.9166°S 151.5°E / -27.9166; 151.5 (Tummaville (centre of locality))
Population	55 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	0.1966/km2 (0.509/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4352
Area	279.7 km2 (108.0 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)	Southern Downs
Federal division(s)	Maranoa
Suburbs around Tummaville: Pampas Brookstead Kincora North Branch Yandilla Tummaville Ellangowan Punchs Creek Stonehenge Leyburn

History

The locality's name is derived from the parish name, allegedly an Aboriginal corruption of the name Domville referring to pastoralist Domville Taylor who was in the area in the 1840s.^[2]

Tummaville State School opened on 19 January 1880. It closed in 1962.^[3]

St Paul's Anglican Church is on the corner of Church Road and Grasstree Road (27.8732°S 151.4278°E / -27.8732; 151.4278 (St Paul's Anglican Church)). It was dedicated on 25 February 1891 by Bishop William Thomas Thornhill Webber and was closed circa 1985.^[4] The cemetery to the side of the church is now operated by the Toowoomba Regional Council.^[5]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Tummaville had a population of 63 people.^[6]

In the 2021 census, Tummaville had a population of 55 people.^[1]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tummaville (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "Tummaville – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 49190)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
4. "Closed Churches". Anglican Records and Archives Centre. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
5. "Cemetery locations". Toowoomba Regional Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tummaville (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

Further reading

• Uebergang, Grant (1990). A history of St Paul's Anglican Church, Tummaville [Grasstree] and St Peter's Anglican church, Millmerran [Back Creek], 1891-1991. G.D. Uebergang. ISBN 978-0-646-04306-7.
• Crompton, Arthur (1993). QCWA Tummaville Branch, 1959-1993. A. Crompton.