Humeburn is a

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in the

Shire of Paroo The Shire of Paroo is a Local government in Australia, local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre is the town of Cunnamulla. The Paroo Shire covers an area of . In the , the Shire of Paroo had a populati ...

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, Australia. In the , Humeburn had a population of 9 people.

Geography

The

Paroo River The Paroo River, a series of waterholes, connected in wet weather as a running stream of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West region of Queensland and Far West region of New South Wales, Aust ...

flows through the locality from the north ( Cooladdi) to the south (

Eulo Eulo ( ) is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is known for its opal mining. In the , the locality of Eulo had a population of 94 people. Geography Eulo is west of Cunnamulla and west of Brisban ...

). The Boobara Opal Reserve () is located in the south-east of the locality. The land use is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation. Humeburn has the following mountains (from north to south): * Mount Gindighally () * Mount Googoolwaddy () * Mount Arthur () * Mount Harry () * Mount Maria () * Mount Anderson () * Beal Bluff () * Mount Banco () * Mount Bowen () * Mount Herbert ()

History

The locality most likely takes its name from the Humeburn pastoral lease of operated by A.F. Sullivan in the District of Warrego in 1865. Sullivan also operated two similarly sized pastoral leases in the area called Humeburn North and Humeburn South. As at 2016, the Humeburn pastoral station still operates as a beef cattle producer.

Demographics

In the , Humeburn had a population of 22 people. In the , Humeburn had a population of 9 people.

Education

There are no schools in Humeburn. The nearest government primary schools are Wyandra State School in neighbouring

Wyandra Wyandra is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wyandra had a population of 78 people. Geography The Warrego River flows from north to south through the locality. The Mitchell Highway ...

in the north-east, Cunnamulla State School in neighbouring

Cunnamulla Cunnamulla () is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the 2021 Au ...

to the south-east, and Eulo State School in neighbouring

to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Cunnamulla State School (to Year 12). However, due to the size of the locality of Humeburn, much of the locality is too distant from these schools for a daily commute, so the other options are

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...

and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Paroo Shire of Paroo Localities in Queensland