Jimbour West, Queensland
| Jimbour West Queensland |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 56 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.2366/km2 (0.613/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4406 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 340 m (1,115 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 236.7 km2 (91.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Jimbour West is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Jimbour West had a population of 56 people.[1]
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Geography
Jimbour West is bounded to the east by the Dalby–Jandowae Road.[3]
The land is flat at elevation 340 metres (1,120 ft) above sea level.[3]
The predominant land use is cropping.[3]
Kuyura is a neighbourhood (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) around the former Kuyuru railway station (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) on the closed Jandowae railway line.[4][5] There were two other stations on the line in Jimbour West:
- Cresley railway station (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)[5]
- Marnhull railway station (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)[5]
History
The locality takes its name from the town of Jimbour, which in turn takes its name from the pastoral run Jimbour Station, which was named in 1841 by pastoralist Henry Dennis using an Aboriginal word meaning either sheep or good grass.[2]
In the 2016 census Jimbour West had a population of 56 people.[1]
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[6]
- Birriwa (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Bundarra (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Carmyle (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Coolibah (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Coondara (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Cresley (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Deloraine (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Driffield (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Kantara (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Kensington (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Kenyon Downs (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Lake Success (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Lynthorpe (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Macroom (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Mungula (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Newfed (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Obyland (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Quinden (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- South Wyobie (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Tarana (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- The Towers (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Walmer (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Walugra (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Warraway (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Wyobie (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
Education
There are no schools in Jimbour West. The nearest primary schools are Jandowae State School in neighbouring Jandowae to the north, Jimbour State School in neighbouring Jimbour East to the south-east and Warra State School in neighbouring Warra to the south-west. Jandowae State School provides secondary education to Year 10. For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest schools are Dalby State High School in Dalby to the south-east and Chinchilla State High School in Chinchilla to the west .[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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