Jambin is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia.

Geography

Jambin is located in

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on the

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which runs roughly north-south through the town. Callide Creek is immediately to the west of the town; it is a tributary of the

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. The Callide Valley railway line passed through the locality with Jambin railway station () serving the town. That section of the line is now closed and the station abandoned. However, other parts of the Callide Valley line in Jamin were integrated into the

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, which serves the mining industry, connecting mines with the

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. The following stations in Jambin are on the Moura line: * Argoon railway station () *Koonkool railway station () *Earlsfield railway station () * Annandale railway station () *Boundary Hill railway station () All of these stations are operational apart from Argoon which is now abandoned. Boundary Hill station is on a balloon loop that serves the Boundary Hill coal mine (in neighbouring Callide).

History

The town takes its name from the Jambin railway station, which in turn was named on 27 April 1923 by the

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and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''

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''. Callide Provisional School opened on 24 November 1925. On 1 June 1927, it became Callide State School. It closed in 1971. It was on Callide Road (). Although it is within the town of Callide, it is within the present-day boundaries of Jambin. The town first appears on a 1949 survey map. Jambin was originally established as a supply depot for the railway, which was established in 1924. This opened up the area for new settlers, many of them pursuing dairying. Cream was sent to the butter factory at Wowan. Jambin Post Office opened on 1 February 1926 (a

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had been open from 1924). Jambin State School opened on 11 February 1929. The mobile library service commenced in 2004. The locality of Jambin was created 25 November 2016. The northern part of the new locality was formerly the locality of Smoky Creek and the southern part of the new locality was formerly the locality of Argoon. Therefore, there is no census data available for the locality of Jambing. However, in the , Smoky Creek had a population of 308 people and Argoon had a population of 295, while in the , Smoky Creek had a population of 179 people and Argoon had a population of 151.

Heritage listings

Jambin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Argoon-Kilburnie Road: Kilbirnie Homestead

Events

Jambin hosts its annual Champagne Campdraft in May each year. The annual Working Cattle Dog trials are held in June. Since 2017, the annual King and Queen of CQ Boar Hunting Competition has been held over three days in either late May or early June. In what is claimed to be Australia's largest

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competition, hundreds of competitors compete for prizes in an attempt to cull the boar population while raising money for schools in Jambin and Goovigen. Almost 900 pigs were killed in the 2021 competition which attracted hunters from

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and North Queensland.

Amenities

Banana Shire Council operate a fortnightly mobile library service to Jambin and the school. The Jambin branch of the

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meets in the QCWA Room in the Jambin Hall at 180 Burnett Highway.

In popular culture

The novel ''"Dust"'' by Christine Bongers is set around the town of Jambin. In the novel the main character's family, the Vanderbomms, attend church at Jambin.