Nangwee is a rural town and
locality
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in the
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyo ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the the locality of Nangwee had a population of 52 people.
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Geography
The now-closed Cecil Plains railway line
The Cecil Plains Branch was a branch railway line on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It branched from the Western railway line at Oakey and terminated at Cecil Plains, a distance of . It operated from 1914 to 1994.
History
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enters the locality from the east ( Norwin) and exits to the west ( Cecil Plains) with two now-abandoned stations serving the locality:
* Mywybilla railway station at the eastern boundary of the locality with Norwin ()
Road infrastructure
The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road
Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road is a continuous road route in the Toowoomba region of Queensland, Australia. Most of the road is not signed with any route number, but a short section near is part of State Route 82. Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Roa ...
runs through from east to west.
History
The town takes its name from the Nangwee railway station, which was assigned on 12 December 1918 by the Queensland Railways Department
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...
, on the former Cecil Plains railway line, and is an Aboriginal word meaning ''muddy water''.[
Nangwee Provisional School opened on 7 June 1921. On 1 September 1922 it became Nangwee State School. It closed on 13 August 1961.]
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Towns in Queensland
Toowoomba Region
Localities in Queensland