Cheepie is a town in the locality of
Adavale in
Shire of Quilpie,
Queensland, Australia.
It has a population of 2 people.
History
Margany
The Maranganji (also rendered Margany, Mardigan) were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Country
Norman Tindale's estimate of Maranganji tribal lands was . They were the original people of Quilpie, Cheepie and Beehchal, ...
(also known as Marganj, Mardigan, Marukanji, Maranganji) is an
Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
spoken by the
Margany people. The Margany language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the
Quilpie Shire
The Shire of Quilpie is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and its administrative centre is the town of Quilpie.
The dominant industry is grazing. Opal fields are also worked within the shire.
...
, taking in
Quilpie
Quilpie ( ) is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , Quilpie had a population of 595 people.
The town is the administrative centre of the Shire of Quilpie, Quilpie ...
, Cheepie and Beechal extending towards
Eulo and
Thargomindah, as well as the properties of
Dynevor Downs and Ardoch.
Gunya (also known as Kunya, Kunja, Kurnja) is an
Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
spoken by the Gunya people. The Gunya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the
Paroo Shire Council, taking in
Cunnamulla
Cunnamulla () is a town and a locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the , Cunnamulla had a population of 1,140 people.
Geography
Cunnamulla ...
and extending north towards
Augathella, east towards
Bollon
Bollon is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bollon had a population of 221 people.
Geography
Bollon is in South West Queensland, west of the state capital, Brisbane. Bollon is situated on th ...
and west towards
Thargomindah.
Cheepie was originally a
Cobb & Co station.
Cheepie railway station () on the
Western railway line was built between 1914 and 1916 and was named by
Queensland Railways Department, using an Aboriginal word, meaning the ''call of the whistling duck''.
The town takes its name from the Cheepie railway station.
Cheepie became a vibrant local township and in its heyday had a police station, hotel, school, blacksmith, railway station and yards, tent boarding houses, butcher shop, bakery and two market gardens along with numerous residences for people engaged in these operations.
Cheepie Provisional School opened on 14 October 1915 but closed in June 1917. On 9 June 1930, Cheepie Provisional School reopened at a new site. It became Cheepie State School in 1933. It closed on 11 April 1974.
The school was on Blakeney Street (); that land is now leased to the Quilpie Shire Council as a community centre.
The Royal Mail was the first hotel in Cheepie, opening its door in 1926.
In 1932, the
Queensland Government offered for auction 50 town lots of each in the town.
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Towns in Queensland
Shire of Quilpie