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.
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:
The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs through from east to west.
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]
In the the locality of Nangwee had a population of 52 people.
In the, the locality of Nangwee had a population of 65 people.