The name Tannymorel comes from a village in Ireland and means a bend in the creek. It was named by Patrick Leslie and Ernest Dalrymple, both of whom were from Scotland.[2][4]
Farm Creek Provisional School opened in May 1877 with teacher Mrs Fanny Spencely.[5] On 18 January 1892, it became Farm Creek State School. In 1910, it was renamed Tannymorel State School.[6] In 1914-1915, a new school building was erected with the old building being relocated to Mount Colliery to establish Mount Colliery State School.[5] Tannymorel State School closed on 20 July 2017.[7] The school was at 2 Oak Street (28°17′42″S152°14′56″E / 28.2950°S 152.2488°E / -28.2950; 152.2488 (Tannymorel State School (former))).[8] The school's website was archived.[9]
A Methodist church was officially opened on Sunday 12 October 1902 by the Reverend Edward Youngman, the Superintendent of the Warwick circuit.[14][15] In 1919 the church building was relocated to Amiens.[15] In 1945, it was relocated to Severnlea, where it is now operates as the Severnlea Uniting Church.[16]
A Presbyterian church was officially opened on Wednesday 22 June 1904 by the Reverend R.J. Sinclair.[17]
Church of Christ, 1910
A Church of Christ church was erected circa July 1910.[18] Due to declining congregation numbers, the church closed and was relocated in 1950 to Myall Street in Dalby to establish a new church there.[19][20][21]
On Sunday 25 April 1915, ArchbishopJames Duhig laid the foundation stone for a Catholic church in Tannymorel with over 2,000 people attending.[26] On Sunday 10 October 1915 Duhig blessed and dedicated St Michael's Catholic Church. The architects were Dornbusch & Connolly of Warwick and the contractor was Ludwig August Tessman also of Warwick. The building was 60 by 30 feet (18.3 by 9.1 m) with a sacristry 14 by 14 feet (4.3 by 4.3 m) and a porch 14 by 8 feet (4.3 by 2.4 m) with the total cost of buildings and furnishings being £1250.[27]
In December 1915, a cyclone damaged both the Anglican and Catholic churches.[28]
Tannymorel War Memorial, showing the World War II Honour Roll (upper) and World War I deaths (lower), 2007
On Tuesday 7 February 1922, the Queensland GovernorMatthew Nathan officially unveiled the Tannymorel War Memorial. The ceremony was to have occurred on 31 December 1921 but was postponed due to wet weather. The memorial is made of Helidon sandstone and is 4 feet (1.2 m) square at the base and topped with an obelisk rising to 15 feet (4.6 m) above the ground. There are four marble panels on which the names of local servicement who died in World War I are inscribed on one panel while the other three panels record the names of those who served but survived, a total of 60 men. The memorial cost £104 and was constructed by William James Booth, a stonemason at Warwick.[29]
On Sunday 16 November 1947, the Chairman of the Glengallan Shire Council, J. H. Hansen, officially unveiled an addition to the war memorial in the form of an Honour Roll listing 10 men from the district who served in World War II.[30]
In the 2011 census, the locality of Tannymorel had a population of 199 people.[32]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Tannymorel had a population of 161 people.[33]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Tannymorel had a population of 148 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Tannymorel. The nearest government primary schools are Killarney State School in neighbouring Killarney to the south-east, Murray's Bridge State School at Murrays Bridge to the west, and Yangan State School in Yangan to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Killarney State School (to Year 10) in Killarney and Warwick State High School (to Year 12) in Warwick to the west. [34]
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^ ab"History". 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
^ ab"METHODISM". Warwick Daily News. No. 5109. Queensland, Australia. 30 November 1935. p. 8. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Social". Amiens History Association. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"CHURCH OF CHRIST". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LIII, no. 9067. Queensland, Australia. 30 July 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Advertising". The Dalby Herald. Queensland, Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 16 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^Haigh, George; Churches of Christ in Queensland (1983), Churches of Christ in Queensland : 100 years venturing in faith, Historical Committee, Conference of Churches of Christ in Queensland, pp. 220, 234, ISBN978-0-909116-38-5
^"Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. No. 17, 828. Queensland, Australia. 6 March 1915. p. 16. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
^Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^"THE DROUGHT BREAKS". Warwick Examiner And Times. No. 4803. Queensland, Australia. 18 December 1915. p. 5. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^"WAR MEMORIAL". Warwick Daily News. Vol. 4, no. 1000. Queensland, Australia. 8 February 1922. p. 4. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
Crothers, Donna (2002), 125 years of education in the Tannymorel District : including Tannymorel, Mt. Colliery and Danderoo Schools, ISBN978-0-9580662-0-4