Jobs Gate is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. It is on the

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and

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. In the , Jobs Gate had "no people or a very low population". The abandoned town of Tego is in the south-east of the locality ().

Geography

The southern boundary of Jobs Gate is the border of Queensland and New South Wales. Jobs Gate Road enters the locality from the west ( Noorama) and exits to the south ( Weilmoringle). The south-east of the locality is within the Culgoa Floodplain National Park (), which extends into neighbouring Hebel. The town of Tego is within the national park (but excised from the protected area). The Tego springs are approximately ESE of the town () and are natural springs from the

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. The springs were close to a stock route that commences in the area and extends to

Cunnamulla Cunnamulla () is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the 2021 Au ...

. Apart from the national park, the predominant land use is

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on native vegetation.

History

In March 1901 were reserved for the town of Tego. The gazettal of the town was published in the

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on 30 March 1901. It was originally called Tego Springs. The motivation for establishing Tego was its location, approximately midway between Cunnamulla and

Brewarrina Brewarrina (pronounced ''bree-warren-ah''; locally known as "Bre") is a town in north-west New South Wales, Australia on the banks of the Barwon River in Brewarrina Shire. It is east of Bourke and west of Walgett on the Kamilaroi Highway, a ...

(in New South Wales). Town lots were surveyed and sold, and in its early days the town had a hotel and other buildings. The hotel appears to have pre-dated the town being shown on a 1896 map. By 1924 only one cottage remained with two inhabitants. As at May 2020, there is no evidence of any structures remaining at the town.

Demographics

In the , Jobs Gate had a population of 6 people. In the , Jobs Gate had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Jobs Gate. The nearest primary and secondary schools are in Cunnamulla, away.

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and

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are the alternatives.

References

{{Shire of Paroo Shire of Paroo Localities in Queensland