Crohamhurst

Crohamhurst is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Crohamhurst is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Crohamhurst had a population of 217 people.In 1893, Crohamhurst recorded 907 mm (35.7 in) of rain in one day during the passage of a cyclone, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia.

In 1893, Crohamhurst recorded 907 mm (35.7 in) of rain in one day during the passage of a cyclone, which is the record highest 24-hour rainfall in Australia. The recording was taken by a recently departed employee of the Queensland Meteorological Service Inigo Owen Jones. The 20-year-old Jones, later became a controversial climate forecaster, believing that weather patterns were influenced by electromagnetic effects of far away planets.Crohamhurst State School opened on 21 July 1913. It closed on 14 October 1960. It was located on Crohamhurst Road (26.8104°S 152.8717°E? / -26.8104; 152.8717? (Crohamhurst State School (former))) on land donated by Owen Jones (father of Inigo Owen Jones) which is now within the Crohamhurst State Forest, land donated by Inigo Owen Jones. The location of the school is marked with a sign by the road.At the 2011 census Crohamhurst recorded a population of 203.