Nangwee, Queensland Explained

Type:town
Nangwee
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.545°N 151.2875°W
Pop:65
Postcode:4407
Area:69.6
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Toowoomba Region
Stategov:Condamine
Fedgov:Groom
Near-N:West Prairie
Near-Ne:Norwin
Near-E:Norwin
Near-Se:Branchview
Near-S:Condamine Plains
Near-Sw:Cecil Plains
Near-W:Cecil Plains
Near-Nw:Tipton

Nangwee is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Nangwee had a population of 65 people.

Geography

The now-closed Cecil Plains railway line enters the locality from the east (Norwin) and exits to the west (Cecil Plains) with two now-abandoned stations serving the locality:

Road infrastructure

The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs through from east to west.

History

The town takes its name from the Nangwee railway station, which was assigned on 12 December 1918 by the Queensland Railways Department, on the former Cecil Plains railway line, and is an Aboriginal word meaning muddy water.[1]

Nangwee Provisional School opened on 7 June 1921. On 1 September 1922 it became Nangwee State School. It closed on 13 August 1961. It was at 69 McPherson Road .[4]

Demographics

In the the locality of Nangwee had a population of 52 people.

In the, the locality of Nangwee had a population of 65 people.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. 29 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: 1930. Town of Nangwee. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171231211958/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-nangwee-1930.jpg. 31 December 2017. 20 January 2021. Queensland Government. Map.