Woleebee, Queensland
Woleebee is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, 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 solar photovoltaic panels and can produce up to of electricity.
A thermal coal 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 bushranger known as Wild Toby during the 1870s and 1880s.Sundown Provisional School was located on Sundown Road. The school opened 2 March 1931 and closed 1 February 1937, due to low enrolment numbers. Students were later transported to Wandoan State School and Guluguba State School via school bus.
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, these workers are counted at their "usual residence" for census purposes, rather than appearing in the census population data for Woleebee.