Toobeah, pronounced 'two beer', is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. The locality is on the border of Queensland and

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. In the , Toobeah had a population of 191 people.

Geography

Toobeah is in the

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was general ...

region. The town is on the

Barwon Highway The Barwon Highway is one of the shorter state highways of Queensland, Australia. It starts at the Carnarvon Highway in Nindigully, 44 kilometres south of St George, and travels east for about 155 kilometres until it reaches Goondiwindi, wher ...

, south west of the state capital,

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History

The town takes its name from the Toobeah railway station on the South Western railway line, which was established in 1910. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word indicating ''to point'', possibly because of the presence of a sign post at the road junction where the railway station was built. Toobeah Provisional School opened on 12 October 1914. On 1 December 1914 it became Toobeah State School. It closed on 30 April 1964. At the , Toobeah and the surrounding rural area had a population of 218. In the , Toobeah had a population of 191 people.

Amenities

Facilities in the town include the Coronation Hotel and a general store. File:AU-Qld-Toobeah-hotel motel-2021.jpg, Toobeah hotel motel (2021).

References

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