Jimbour West is a rural

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in the

Western Downs Region Western Downs Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Queensland, Australia. The Western Downs Regional Council manages an area of , which is slightly smaller than Switzerland, although with a population of 34,467 ...

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, Australia. In the , Jimbour West had a population of 97 people.

Geography

Jimbour West is bounded to the east by the

Dalby–Jandowae Road Dalby–Jandowae Road is a continuous road route in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The road is signed as State Route 82. Dalby–Jandowae Road (number 421) is a state-controlled regional road. Route Description The Dal ...

. The land is flat at elevation above sea level. The predominant land use is cropping. Kuyura is a neighbourhood () around the former Kuyuru railway station () on the closed

Jandowae railway line The Jandowae Branch Railway was a railway line from Dalby to Jandowae in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. History The Darling Downs is a very fertile agricultural area in South East Queensland, and was the destination of t ...

. There were two other stations on the line in Jimbour West: * Cresley railway station () * Marnhull railway station ()

History

The locality takes its name from the town of Jimbour, which in turn takes its name from the pastoral run

Jimbour Station Jimbour is a heritage-listed homestead on one of the earliest stations established on the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, It is important in demonstrating the pattern of early European exploration and pastoral settlement in Queensland ...

, which was named in 1841 by pastoralist Henry Dennis using an Aboriginal word meaning either ''sheep'' or ''good grass''.

Demographics

In the , Jimbour West had a population of 56 people. In the , Jimbour West had a population of 97 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Birriwa () * Bundarra () * Carmyle () * Coolibah () * Coondara () * Cresley () * Deloraine () * Driffield () * Kantara () * Kensington () * Kenyon Downs () * Lake Success () * Lynthorpe () * Macroom () * Mungula () * Newfed () * Obyland () * Quinden () * South Wyobie () * Tarana () * The Towers () * Walmer () * Walugra () * Warraway () * Wyobie ()

Education

There are no schools in Jimbour West. The nearest primary schools are Jandowae State School in neighbouring

Jandowae Jandowae is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jandowae had a population of 1,004 people. Geography The town is west of the Brisbane. the capital of the state of Queensland ...

to the north, Jimbour State School in neighbouring Jimbour East to the south-east and Warra State School in neighbouring Warra to the south-west. Jandowae State School provides secondary education to Year 10. For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest schools are

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

in Dalby to the south-east and Chinchilla State High School in

Chinchilla Chinchilla refers to either of two species ('' Chinchilla chinchilla'' and '' Chinchilla lanigera'') of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. They live in colonies called "her ...

to the west .

References

{{Western Downs Region Western Downs Region Localities in Queensland