Jeebropilly (formerly known as Stone Quarry) is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Jeebropilly had a population of 7 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the west and north by the Bremer River. The locality is bounded to the south-west and south by the Yarrowlea–Ebenezer railway line, a branch line of the

Main Line railway The Main Line is a railway line in South East Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1865 and 1867. It commences at Roma St Station in Brisbane and extends west 161 km to Toowoomba. It is the first narrow gau ...

, which serves the Jeebropilly coal mine that exports coal via the

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. Despite the name, Ebenezer railway station is off Coopers Road in Jeebropilly (), just before the

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at the end of the line.

History

Cornerstone Lutheran Church, Toogoolawah, 2005

The origin of the name is from the

Ugarapul The Jagera people, also written Yagarr, Yaggera, and other variants, are the Australian Aboriginal people who spoke the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompassed a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the te ...

word meaning flying squirrel gully. Bethlehem Lutheran Church opened on 19 April 1871. A new church was built on 20 April 1898. The church closed circa 1938. It was on a land parcel (Lot/Plan 307CH31367) now within a mine site (). In 1940, the church building was relocated to Toogoolawah to reopen as the Cornerstone Lutheran Church. The Yarrowlea–Ebenezer railway line opened on 1 February 1990. In the , Jeebropilly had a population of 7 people.

Economy

New Hope Corporation Ltd has restarted mining coal at its Jeebropilly coal mine, which it had previously closed in 2007.

Education

There are no schools in Jeebropilly. The nearest government primary schools are Rosewood State School in neighbouring

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to the west, Walloon State School in neighbouring Walloon to the north, and Amberley District State School in

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to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Rosewood State High School in neighbouring Rosewood to the west and

Bremer State High School , established = 1959 , principal = Ross Bailey , type = Public, co-educational, secondary, day school , city = Ipswich , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinat ...

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to the east.

Facilities

Mcgearys Road Reserve is park (). Stone Quarry Cemetery (also known as Jeerbropilly General Cemetery) is a cemetery ().

References

{{Ipswich City City of Ipswich Localities in Queensland