Targinnie is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Targinnie had a population of 31 people.

Geography

Although a coastal locality, Targinnie is separated from the

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by Curtis Island with the shallow passage between Targinnie and the island being

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History

The locality takes its name from the Targinia pastoral run, created in 1863. The second settler in the area later sought to undertake sheep farming, adding to existing fruit growing. Mining for

ironstone Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical replacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron ore compound from which iron (Fe) can be smelted commercially. Not to be c ...

lode was proposed in 1906, after discovery of

magnetite Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula . It is one of the iron oxide, oxides of iron, and is ferrimagnetism, ferrimagnetic; it is attracted to a magnet and can be magnetization, magnetized to become a ...

in April 1902. Gold was being extracted in the area by 1908, after initial prospecting in 1901 and the associated 1876 Langmorn and Ulam goldfields. The locality was served by the Targinie railway station by 1904, although there was a local complaint of no secured building for uncollected goods received by train. Targinnie Provisional School opened in 1902. In 1903 it was renamed Pyealley Provisional School. It closed in 1905. Targinnie Goldfield Provisional School opened in 1903. On 1 January 1909 it became Targinnie Goldfield State School. It closed in 1918. Targinnie State School opened on 19 March 1923 and closed on 13 December 1968. Targinnie residents socialised with the

Yarwun Yarwun is a rural town and coastal locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yarwun had a population of 89 people. Geography The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-west ( Bye ...

community for dances and sports such as cricket as well as a joint business chambers such as the Yarwun Targinnie Fruit Association for producers. In one 1909 cricket match of men versus women, the males bowled, batted and fielded left handed, and used

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handles as the

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s. Additional to dairying, in the 1930s one crop being grown in the area was

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es. This added to the

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es,

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passion fruit ''Passiflora edulis'', commonly known as passion fruit, is a vine species of passion flower native to the region of southern Brazil through Paraguay to northern Argentina. It is cultivated commercially in tropical and subtropical areas for its ...

, and citrus produce. Within the

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, the township commenced raising moneys in May 1934, to officially open a public hall on 19 December 1936. Measuring x size with walls, with weather boards and fibro-cement walls, the floor was

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timber with a full-width verandah. The town also had at one time the Targinnie Sports Club, a cemetery, and a

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(with

). Old Believer's Church was built in 1995 from timber. It was established by group of

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who had migrated from

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, China in the 1950s. It has subsequently closed. It was at Targinnie Road (). On 15 October 2010, the locality name which was originally called after the Parish of Targinie (one 'n') was amended to reflect the common usage of two 'n's.

Demographics

In the , Targinnie had a population of 68 people. In the , Targinnie had a population of 31 people.

Education

There are no schools in Targinnie. The nearest government primary schools are Yarwun State School in neighbouring

to the south and Mount Larcom State School in neighbouring Mount Larcom to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Mount Larcom State School (to Year 10) and

Gladstone State High School Gladstone State High School is a coeducational public secondary school based in West Gladstone, a suburb of Gladstone in the Gladstone Region in Queensland, Australia. The school has a total enrolment of more than 1500 students per year, with ...

(to Year 12) in West Gladstone to the south-east.

Facilities

Targinnie Cemetery is at 433 Targinnie Road (). Burials in this cemetery took place between 1922 and 1938. This cemetery is closed to further burials.

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