Ogmore
Located on the east bank of the Styx River, the border between Guwinmal and Darumbal country in the Livingstone Shire, the former coal-mining town of Ogmore takes its name from a Welsh coal-mining village and river in Glamorganshire. Harley, the township's original name, was changed in January 1933 to avoid confusion with Hartley, a town at the foot of the Blue Mountains escarpment in New South Wales.
Although the area had been open to settlement since the 1850s, closer settlement came as the North Coast Railway line crept north from Rockhampton in the aftermath of World War I. The line had reached Marlborough in 1917; the section to Styx, north of Ogmore, opened in mid-1919. The line reached St Lawrence in June 1921; travellers could travel as far north as Mackay and Farleigh. Schools associated with the coal mines at Ogmore that fueled steam locomotives operating on the line opened in various locations after May 1921.
Sources:
Wikipedia (North Coast line, Queensland sectional opening dates): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Coast_line,_Queensland_sectional_opening_dates
Wikipedia (Ohgmore): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogmore,_Queensland
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a Welsh coal-mining town and river in Glamorganshire.
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