Woleebee is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Woleebee had a population of 62 people.

Geography

Cherwondah State Forest and Gurulmundi State Forest are in the south-east of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with mining taking place both on the surface and underground. Woleebee Creek Village is a mining camp in the south-east of the locality () used by fly-in-fly-out workers in the local mining industry. In 2013, it was expanded to accommodate 1700 workers. Wandoan South Solar Farm occupies with

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panels and can produce up to of electricity. A

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resource area called Juandah has been identified at in the locality. It has estimated reserves of .

History

Toby's Knob in the Woleebee district was the site of the hide-out of the Aboriginal

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known as Wild Toby during the 1870s and 1880s. Wandoan South Solar Farm was completed in 2023.

Demographics

In the , Woleebee had a population of 95 people. In the , Woleebee had a population of 62 people. Despite the large number of fly-in-fly-out workers that live in the Woleebee Creek Village, people are counted at their "usual residence" for census purposes, rather than appearing in the census population data for Woleebee.

Education

There are no schools in Woleebee. The nearest government primary schools are Wandoan State School in neighbouring Wandoan to the north, Guluguba State School in neighbouring Guluguba to the north-east, and Dulacca State School in

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to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Wandoan State School (to Year 10) and Miles State High School (to Year 12) in Miles to the south-west. However, some parts of Woleebee are too distant to attend these secondary schools. The alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

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