Philpott is a rural

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in the

North Burnett Region The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Philpott had a population of 32 people.

Geography

The

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east ...

forms the southern boundary of the locality, while Philpott Creek forms part of the western boundary. The

Burnett Highway The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, Queensland, Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, Queensland, Rockhampton, to the D'Aguilar ...

enters the locality from the north-west (

Binjour Binjour is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Binjour had a population of 86 people. Geography Binjour is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region on the Burnett Highway by road north of the state capital, B ...

) and exits to the west ( Mundowran). It then passes through Mundowran before becoming part of the south-western boundary of Philpott with Mundowran. Philpott Creek railway station is an abandoned railway station on the former

Mungar Junction to Monto railway line The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast line at Mungar railway ...

(). The land use is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing.

History

The railway line opened from

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( Boomerang railway station) to

Mundubbera Mundubbera ( ) is a rural town and a locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mundubbera had a population of 1,120 people. Mundubbera is the self-proclaimed "Citrus Capital of Queensland", although ...

via Philpott Creek railway station on Monday 2 February 1914. Philpott Central State School opened on 6 August 1913. It closed circa 1948. It was on a site off Shallcross Road (). The last train on the railway line was in 2008 and in 2012 it was announced the line was officially closed.

Demographics

In the , Philpott had a population of 41 people. In the , Philpott had a population of 32 people.

Education

There are no schools in Philpott. The nearest government primary schools are Binjour Plateau State School in neighbouring

to the north-east and Mundubbera State College in neighbouring

to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Mundubbera State College (to Year 10), Burnett State College (to Year 12) in

Gayndah Gayndah () is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 p ...

to the east, and Eidsvold State School (to Year 12) in Eidsvold to the north-west.

References

{{North Burnett Region North Burnett Region Localities in Queensland