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Bamford
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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857:"Petford, Queensland"
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766:distance education
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956:Thomas, A.
862:Google Maps
841:28 December
804:28 February
746:2021 census
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392:Walsh River
368:2021 census
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135:Coordinates
1474:Categories
1434:Strathmore
1314:Irvinebank
1279:Forty Mile
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1198:Queensland
1145:20 October
772:References
718: (
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407:Tate River
402:Tate River
364:Queensland
336:Irvinebank
319:Irvinebank
182:Population
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84:Queensland
1414:Southedge
1404:Red River
1379:Mutchilba
1349:Mona Mona
1309:Hurricane
1259:Chillagoe
1051:2 October
939:5 October
868:14 August
752:Education
452:Chillagoe
437:Chillagoe
387:Emu Creek
374:Geography
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294:Chillagoe
230:UTC+10:00
221:Time zone
185:22 (
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1374:Munderra
1339:Lyndside
1319:Julatten
1304:Highbury
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1274:Dimbulah
1269:Desailly
1244:Bolwarra
1239:Biboohra
1234:Bellevue
1229:Barwidgi
1080:Archived
933:Archived
758:Dimbulah
670:Forsayth
448:Dimbulah
433:Dimbulah
356:locality
331:Munderra
326:Barwidgi
304:Dimbulah
1449:Wrotham
1429:Staaten
1419:Speewah
1394:Petford
1344:Mareeba
1334:Kuranda
1219:Arbouin
1209:Almaden
1089:7 April
1020:24 July
898:14 June
859:(Map).
744:In the
737:In the
650:Mareeba
632:History
358:in the
352:Petford
315:Petford
311:Almaden
276:Kennedy
122:Petford
79:Petford
1384:Nychum
1254:Chewko
1224:Arriga
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238:LGA(s)
1214:Amber
1116:6 May
1083:(PDF)
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658:Lappa
422:Lappa
1329:Koah
1147:2018
1118:2022
1091:2022
1053:2023
1022:2024
989:ISBN
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870:2021
843:2020
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