Jimbour West, Queensland


Jimbour West is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Jimbour West had a population of 97 people.

Geography

Jimbour West is bounded to the east by the Dalby–Jandowae Road.
The land is flat at elevation above sea level.
The predominant land use is cropping.
Kuyura is a neighbourhood around the former Kuyuru railway station on the closed Jandowae railway line. There were two other stations on the line in Jimbour West:
  • Cresley railway station
  • Marnhull railway station

    History

The locality takes its name from the town of Jimbour, which in turn takes its name from the pastoral run Jimbour Station, which was named in 1841 by pastoralist Henry Dennis using an Aboriginal word meaning either sheep or good grass.

Demographics

In the, Jimbour West had a population of 56 people.
In the, Jimbour West had a population of 97 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality:
  • Birriwa
  • Bundarra
  • Carmyle
  • Coolibah
  • Coondara
  • Cresley
  • Deloraine
  • Driffield
  • Kantara
  • Kensington
  • Kenyon Downs
  • Lake Success
  • Lynthorpe
  • Macroom
  • Mungula
  • Newfed
  • Obyland
  • Quinden
  • South Wyobie
  • Tarana
  • The Towers
  • Walmer
  • Walugra
  • Warraway
  • Wyobie

    Education

There are no schools in Jimbour West. The nearest government primary schools are Jandowae State School in neighbouring Jandowae to the north, Jimbour State School in neighbouring Jimbour East to the south-east and Warra State School in neighbouring Warra to the south-west. Jandowae State School provides secondary education to Year 10. For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest government schools are Dalby State High School in Dalby to the south-east and Chinchilla State High School in Chinchilla to the west.