Tieri is a small mining town and locality in the

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, Australia. Established in 1983, the town is a service centre for local

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s, similar to nearby Middlemount and Dysart,

Geography

The locality is an "island" within the locality of Lilyvale. The German Creek (towards Middlemount), Oaky Creek Coal No.1 & North and Gregory Crinum mines (

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) are situated close by.

History

Oaky Creek Mine State School opened on 30 January 1979 and closed on 10 September 1982 with replacement Tieri State School opening on 24 January 1983. At the , Tieri had a population of 2012. In the , Tieri had a population of 1,129 people.

Heritage listings

Tieri has a number of

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sites, including: * :

Tieri War Memorial Tieri War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Talagai Avenue, Tieri, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1984. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 29 June 2001. History The Tieri War Memoria ...

, Talagai Avenue ()

Education

Tieri State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1 Bottlebrush Lane (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 95 students with 8 teachers and 11 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent). The school motto is "Strive for Success". There are no secondary schools in Tieri. The nearest government secondary school is Capella State High School in

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to the west.

Amenities

According to an early resident, writing in 2010, there were no facilities when people moved to the town. There were no shops and a bank visited once a week. Tieri now has a whole range of shops for a mining town. Tieri has bush trails for mountain, quad and dirt bikes. The nearest purpose built motorcross track is in Middlemount approximately 40 km away. Central Highlands Regional Council operates Tieri Library at the corner of Grasstree and Anncrouye Streets, Tieri.

Notable residents

* Former

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goalkeeper Mitchell Langerak hails from Tieri.

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* Towns in Queensland Mining towns in Queensland 1983 establishments in Australia Populated places established in 1983 Central Highlands Region Localities in Queensland {{authority control