Ogmore, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Ogmore is a rural town and coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.

The locality is served by a number of railway stations (from north to south):[4] The town of Ogmore is located on the east bank of Styx River slightly north of the centre of the locality.

On 22 May 1922, it reopened at a new location but still called Styx Coal Mine Provisional School.

[27] Styx River Provisional School opened on 7 October 1919 and closed on 12 Nov 1920.

[28][29][32][4] The Ogmore Emergency Hospital was opened on Sunday 15 May 1949 by the Minister for Lands, Tom Foley.

The wooden building cost £4235 and could accommodate 4 patients in normal circumstances and 10 in an emergency.

[1] In December 2016, a new coal mine was proposed for the Styx River basin 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the town.

The proposal involves two open-cut pits to be mined by the truck-and-shovel methodology and will require a loading facility onto the North Coast railway line.

The workforce of 200-250 people is expected to be recruited from the local area, including Ogmore and its neighbouring towns of Marlborough and St Lawrence.

Styx No. 3 Mine at Ogmore, 1949