Kumbarilla is a town and rural

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in the Western Downs Region,

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Kumbarilla had a population of 197 people.

Geography

The locality ranges from 350m to 400m above sea level. The town is located in the south-west corner of the locality immediately to the south of the Kumbarilla railway station () on the

Glenmorgan railway line The Glenmorgan Branch is a railway line in south west Queensland, Australia. It opened in a series of sections between 1908 and 1931. It was intended to reach Surat, Queensland, Surat but construction ceased during the Great Depression in Aus ...

; there are very few buildings in the surveyed town plan area. Another station on the line was Gulera railway station () which is now abandoned. The Glenmorgan railway line passes from east ( Ducklo) to south-west ( Weranga) through the southern part of the locality. The

Moonie Highway The Moonie Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia. Part of State Route 49, it leaves the Warrego Highway at Dalby and runs for over 290 km until it reaches St George. From there, State Route 49 continues west as the Balonne H ...

also passes from the south-east (Ducklo) to the south ( Marmadua), always south of the railway line and does not pass through the town; the junction of the highway with the Surat Developmental Road is at the south-western edge of the locality. The Braemer State Forest is in the north-west of the locality. In addition, there are two smaller state forests in the locality: Daandine State Forest and Weranga State Forest. Apart from these, the land is predominantly freehold used for grazing. Despite its name, the Kumbarilla State Forest is not within Kumbarilla but is immediately to the south of Kumbarilla's southern border in Marmadua and Halliford. Geologically Kumbarilla is part of the Surat Basin.

History

The town takes its name from its railway station which was in turn an

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word in a local dialect meaning ''ironbark tree/timber''. Kumbarilla Provisional School opened in 1913 and became Kumbarilla State School on 1 December 1918. The school closed about 1923. In March 1918, the Queensland government offered 18 town lots of for sale as perpetual leases. In the , Kumbarilla had a population of 241 people. In the , the locality of Kumbarilla had a population of 197 people.

Economy

Almost all of Kumbarilla is subject to a petroleum lease for

coal seam gas Coalbed methane (CBM or coal-bed methane), coalbed gas, coal seam gas (CSG), or coal-mine methane (CMM) is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. In recent decades it has become an important source of energy in United States, Canada, Au ...

with a grid of

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and pipelines in the northern and south-western parts of the locality. The Ruby Jo gas compression facility operated by QGC is located on Kumbarilla road south of the Braemer State Forest.

Education

There are no schools in Kumbarilla. The nearest government primary schools are Tara Shire State College in Tara to the west, Kogan State School in neighbouring

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to the north, and Dalby State School in Dalby to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Tara Shire State College in Tara and

Dalby State High School Dalby State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at 28B Nicholson Street, Dalby, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1953 to 1954. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 19 August 2016. ...

in Dalby.

Popular culture

Kumbarilla is one of the places listed in the first version of the song ''

I've Been Everywhere "I've Been Everywhere" is a song written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack in 1959, and popularised by Lucky Starr and Hank Snow in 1962. The song as originally written listed Australian towns. It was later adapted by Australian singer ...

''.

References

External links

* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Western Downs Region Localities in Queensland