Kurumbul is a rural town and

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in the

Goondiwindi Region The Goondiwindi Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia along the state's border with New South Wales. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas which d ...

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, Australia. It is on the

border of Queensland Queensland is the north-eastern States and territories of Australia, state of Australia and has land borders with three other Australian states and territories: New South Wales (to the south), South Australia (to the south-west) and Northern Terr ...

and

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. In the , Kurumbul had a population of 46 people.

Geography

The ''

Dumaresq River The Dumaresq River ; ( Indigenous Bigambul: ''Karaula'') a perennial stream of the Macintyre catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Northern Tablelands and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales and the Darling D ...

'' forms most of the southern boundary and is the border between Queensland and New South Wales. The

Cunningham Highway The Cunningham Highway is a national highway located in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. The highway links the Darling Downs region with the urbanised outskirts of via Cunninghams Gap. The Cunningham carries the National Highway 15 shie ...

runs along the northern boundary. The South Western railway line enters the locality from the south-east (

Yelarbon Yelarbon is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Yelarbon had a population of 364 people. Geography Yelarbon is in south-central Queensland on ...

), passes immediately south of the town (located in the south-east of the locality), and exits to the west (

Goondiwindi Goondiwindi () is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the , Goondiwindi had a population of 6,355 people. Geography Goondiwindi is on the MacInt ...

). The locality is served by three railway stations, from west to east: * Carrington railway station () * Kildonan railway station, now abandoned () * Kurumbul railway station, serving the town ()

History

The town takes its name from its railway station, which was originally named Burranba (an Aboriginal word meaning ''

brigalow ''Acacia harpophylla'', commonly known as brigalow, brigalow spearwood or orkor, is an endemic tree of Australia. The Aboriginal Australian group the Gamilaraay peoples know the tree as Barranbaa or Burrii. It is found in central and coast ...

'') on 3 September 1908, but was changed to ''Kurumbul'' (believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning '' magpie'') on 30 August 1912. Burranba State School opened in March 1912. Circa 1924, it had become Kurumbul State School. It closed in 1976. It was at 1954 Yelarbon Kurumbul Road (). In 1977-1978, the Kurumbul school building was relocated to Daymar State School in Daymar. In the , Kurumbul had a population of 46 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kurumbul. The nearest government primary schools are Yelarbon State School in neighbouring Yelarbon to the east and Goondiwindi State School in neighbouring Goondiwindi to the west. The nearest government secondary school is

Goondiwindi State High School Goondiwindi State High School is located in Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia. It educates students, years 8 to 12, from the local area: Goondiwindi, Yelarbon Yelarbon is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Austra ...

in Goondiwindi to the west.

References

External links

* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Goondiwindi Region Localities in Queensland