Eurombah, Queensland

Eurombah is a rural locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Eurombah had a population of 100 people.

Geography

The Dawson River forms part of the northern boundary.
The Roma-Taroom Road runs through from south-west to north-east.
The neighbourhoods of Peek-A-Doo and Hornet Bank are within the locality.

History

The Hornet Bank massacre in 1857 happened nearby.
The Peek-A-Doo State School opened on 3 February 1964 at 10118 Roma Taroom Road. It was mothballed on 13 April 2010. In June 2010, there was outrage when it was announced that the then-mothballed school would be allocated $250,000 by the Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution school building program to construct a resource centre. However, it was not constructed as the school closed on 31 December 2010. The school's website was archived.

Demographics

In the, Eurombah had a population of 67 people.
In the, Eurombah had a population of 100 people.

Heritage listings

Eurombah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Fraser family grave site and memorial, Hornet Bank: Hornet Bank Road :

Education

There are no schools in Eurombah. The nearest government primary schools are Taroom State School in Taroom and Gromont State School in Grosmont. The nearest government secondary schools are Taroom State School and Wandoan State School in Wandoan. For schooling to Year 12, the nearest government school is Roma State College in Roma, away; the alternatives are distance education and boarding schools.