Eimeo, Queensland


Eimeo is a coastal town and suburb of Mackay, Queensland, the regional city of Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.

History

The name Eimeo was derived from pastoral run name used by Jeremiah Downs Armitage, a pastoralist in the 1870s, possibly because of his birthplace in Tahiti, claimed to be Moorea.
Eimeo Road State School opened on 5 February 1934. It is the largest primary school in the Whitsunday Region, Mackay Region and Isaac Region but is no longer within the boundaries of the Eimeo but within the neighbouring suburbs of Rural View.
Eimeo Post Office opened on 24 January 1949 and closed in 1972.
At the 2011 census, Eimeo had a population of 3,309.

Heritage listings

Eimeo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: