Wieambilla is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region,

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, Australia. This locality and its surroundings are extensively used for coal seam gas harvesting. In the , Wieambilla had a population of 78 people.

Geography

The Condamine State Forest is in the west of the locality, extending into neighbouring Condamine to the west.

History

The locality takes its name from the name of a parish, which in turn was named after a pastoral run operated by Charles George Temple Chauvel in the 1850s, which may have been named after the Wieambilla Creek. Wieambilla Sawmills Provisional School opened in 1915 and closed circa 1926.

Shootings

Police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, and a neighbour, Alan Dare, were murdered on 12 December 2022 at a rural property in Wieambilla. The perpetrators, brothers Gareth and Nathaniel Train, and Gareth's wife, Stacey Train, were later shot and killed by Queensland police. Gareth was a known conspiracy theorist who alleged the

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was a false flag operation and that

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was killed in a ' blood sacrifice'. Nathaniel was a former school principal.

Demographics

In the , Wieambilla had a population of 93 people. In the , Wieambilla had a population of 78 people.

Education

There are no schools in Wieambilla. The nearest government primary schools are: * Condamine State School in neighbouring Condamine to the west * Chinchilla State School in

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to the north-east * Kogan State School in Kogan to the east * Tara Shire State College in Tara to the south The nearest government secondary schools are Tara Shire State College in Tara to the south and Chinchilla State High School in Chinchilla to the north-east.

References

{{Western Downs Region Western Downs Region Localities in Queensland