Atkinsons Dam is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Atkinsons Dam had a population of 191 people.
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The Atkinson Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam across the Buaraba Creek and a naturally forming lagoon, which is located near Lowood in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for irrigation of farming land in the lower Lockyer Valley. The resultant reservoir is called Lake Atkinson.
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Lynford is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Mount Tarampa State School is a heritage-listed state school at 9 Profkes Road, Mount Tarampa, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Works and built in 1906 by C Risdale. It was formerly known as Mount Tarampa Provisional School. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 May 2015.
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The Lowood Airfield Circuit was a motor racing venue in Queensland, Australia. The circuit, which was used from 1946 to 1966, was located at a former wartime airfield site at Mount Tarampa, near Lowood, 72 km west of the state capital Brisbane. It utilised the airfield's runway for its 1.9 km long 200 m wide main straight and also used various taxiways and tarmac from the old hangar area. Lap distance was 4.54 km.
The circuit was first used in June 1946 for the running of the Queensland Grand Prix, however it hosted only occasional meetings between then and 1956. In that year the Queensland Racing Drivers' Club took over the site, hosting their first meeting there in November and subsequently developing the circuit into Queensland's premier motor racing venue. The circuit was closed in November 1966.
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Mount Tarampa is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mount Tarampa had a population of 501 people.