Jimbour East, Queensland


Jimbour East is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. The town of Jimbour in the locality. In the, Jimbour East had a population of 197 people.

Geography

Jimbour East is relatively flat farming land. The town of Jimbour is located in the south-western part of the locality, west of the state capital, Brisbane.
Cooranga Creek forms most of the northern boundary of the locality.
The Dalby–Jandowae Road runs along the western boundary and passes through part of the western portion.
Outside of the town, the land use is a mixture of crop growing and grazing on native vegetation.

History

The town name was first used by 1841 by Henry Dennis for his Jimbour pastoral run, with the apparent meaning of either "sheep" or "good grass" in an unrecorded Aboriginal language. In 1877, of land was resumed from the Jimbour pastoral run to establish smaller farms. The land was offered for selection on 24 April 1877.
Jimbour Provisional School opened on 9 September 1873. On 14 November 1916, it became Jimbour State School. During 1922 and 1923 it became a half-time school in conjunction with Spring Flat State School initially and then with Springfield Provisional School. It resumed as a full time school in 1923 but then closed on 31 December 1925. It reopened on 29 September 1931 as Jimbour Provisional School. On 2 June 1933, it returned to state school status.
Jimbour Post Office opened on 1 September 1882.
Spring Flat Provisional School opened on 20 March 1893. On 1 January 1909, it became Spring Flat State School. It sometimes operated as a half-time school.
The Jimbour Memorial Hall is the second such building on that site, the first having blown down in a severe storm in 1949.

Demographics

In the, the locality of Jimbour East had a population of 185 people.
In the, the locality of Jimbour East had a population of 199 people.
In the, the locality of Jimbour East had a population of 197 people.

Heritage listings

Jimbour East has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Jimbour State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 2421 Dalby-Jandowae Road. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 13 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff.
There are no secondary schools in Jimbour East. The nearest government secondary schools are Bell State School in neighbouring Bell to the east, Jandowae State School in Jandowae to the north-west, and Dalby State High School in Dalby to the south.

Amenities

Facilities in the town include a primary school, a post office, butchery and a town hall.