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Provisional School opened on 23 January 1905. The school closed in 1907 but reopened in 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Bamford State School. It closed on 2 August 1935, to be replaced by Petford State School.
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Provisional State School opened circa 1910 and closed circa 1921.
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851:Google Maps
830:28 December
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735:2021 census
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124:Coordinates
1463:Categories
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1187:Queensland
1134:20 October
761:References
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171:Population
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1393:Red River
1368:Mutchilba
1338:Mona Mona
1298:Hurricane
1248:Chillagoe
1040:2 October
928:5 October
857:14 August
741:Education
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426:Chillagoe
376:Emu Creek
363:Geography
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283:Chillagoe
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1069:Archived
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659:Forsayth
437:Dimbulah
422:Dimbulah
345:locality
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315:Barwidgi
293:Dimbulah
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1333:Mareeba
1323:Kuranda
1208:Arbouin
1198:Almaden
1078:7 April
1009:24 July
887:14 June
848:(Map).
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621:History
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304:Petford
300:Almaden
265:Kennedy
111:Petford
68:Petford
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411:Lappa
1318:Koah
1136:2018
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