Crinum, Queensland

The Kestrel coal mine is located in the locality (23°15′27″S 148°18′02″E / 23.2574°S 148.3006°E / -23.2574; 148.3006 (Kestrel coal mine)). It produced both thermal and coking coal. The mine has an estimated 50 to 100 megatonnes of coal.^[3] It is part of the Kestrel coal reserve which spreads across Crinum and extends into neighbouring Lilyvale, Wyuna and Gordonstone, which has an estimated 100 to 500 megatonnes of coal.^[3]

Although there are a number of the mines in the area, the predominant land use is grazing and cropping.^[3]

Gregory Mine State School opened on 10 July 1978 but closed on 14 December 1979.^[4]

Following the dismissal of a group of mine workers from the Gordonstone Coal Mine (later renamed by Rio Tinto to Kestral Coal Mine), the workers maintained a protest line from early October 1997 to August 1999, becoming Australia's longest running black coal labour dispute. In 1998 they erected a monument to the protest (the Lilyvale Stand Monument).^[5]

In the 2016 census, Crinum had a population of 86 people.^[6]

In the 2021 census, Crinum had a population of 86 people.^[1]

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

• Lilyvale Road (23°12′42″S 148°20′54″E / 23.2118°S 148.3483°E / -23.2118; 148.3483 (Lilydale Stand Monument)): Lilyvale Stand Monument^[7]