Jimbour West, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Jimbour West
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.875°N 151.0925°W
Pop:97
Postcode:4406
Area:236.7
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:44.9
Dir1:NNW
Location1:Dalby
Dist2:61.8
Dir2:ESE
Location2:Chinchilla
Dist3:126
Dir3:NW
Location3:Toowoomba
Dist4:254
Dir4:WNW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Western Downs Region
Stategov:Callide
Fedgov:Maranoa
Near-N:Jandowae
Near-Ne:Cooranga
Near-E:Jimbour East
Near-Se:Macalister
Near-S:Macalister
Near-Sw:Macalister
Near-W:Warra
Near-Nw:Tuckerang
Elevation:340

Jimbour West is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Jimbour West had a population of 97 people.

Geography

Jimbour West is bounded to the east by the Dalby–Jandowae Road.

The land is flat at elevation 340m (1,120feet) above sea level.

The predominant land use is cropping.

Kuyura is a neighbourhood (-26.9°N 151.1833°W) around the former Kuyuru railway station (-26.9031°N 151.1899°W) on the closed Jandowae railway line.[2] [3] There were two other stations on the line in Jimbour West:

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.[1]

Demographics

In the Jimbour West had a population of 56 people.

In the, Jimbour West had a population of 97 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[4]

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 .

Notes and References

  1. 8 December 2020.
  2. 8 December 2020.
  3. Web site: 2 October 2020. Railway stations and sidings - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  4. Web site: 18 November 2020. Homesteads - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124212526/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79. 24 November 2020. 24 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.