Junabee

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Junabee
Queensland
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Junabee
Coordinates 28°15′00″S152°08′46″E / 28.25°S 152.1461°E / -28.25; 152.1461 (Junabee (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 28°15′00″S152°08′46″E / 28.25°S 152.1461°E / -28.25; 152.1461 (Junabee (centre of locality))
Population213 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density3.034/km2 (7.859/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4370
Area70.2 km2 (27.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Junabee:
Mount Tabor
The Hermitage 		Swan Creek
Yangan 		Emu Vale
Canningvale Junabee Danderoo
Murrays Bridge Loch Lomond Wiyarra

Junabee is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Junabee had a population of 213 people. [1]

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History

Junabee Provisional School opened in 1904. [3] On 1 January 1909 it became Junabee State School. It closed on 1 May 1939, but reopened in 1953. It closed permanently on 28 January 1963. [4]

A new public hall opened in Junabee on Wednesday 5 August 1908. [5]

Jingarry State School opened on 4 August 1919. It closed on 28 January 1963. [6] It was at 439 Jingarry Mount Sturt Road ( 28°14′13″S152°10′18″E / 28.2370°S 152.1717°E / -28.2370; 152.1717 (Jingarry State School (former)) ). [7] [8]

St George's Anglican Church held its first service on 4 March 1945. It closed in 1973. [9] [10] However, there are mentions of an earlier church dating back to 1908. [11]

On 5 January 1946, the Junabee Memorial Hall was opened at 573 Roona Road ( 28°15′03″S152°08′42″E / 28.2509°S 152.1450°E / -28.2509; 152.1450 (Junabee Memorial Hall) ). The hall commemorates those who served in World War I and World War II. [12] [13]

In the 2016 census, Junabee had a population of 213 people. [1]

Education

There are no schools in Junabee. The nearest primary schools are Warwick East State School in Warwick to the west, Yangan State School in Yangan to the north-east and Murrays Bridge State School in Murrays Bridge to the south. The nearest secondary school is Warwick State High School in Warwick. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Junabee (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Junabee – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45941)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "WARWICK AND DISTRICT". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. LX, no. 14, 239. Queensland, Australia. 2 September 1903. p. 6. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ↑ "NEW HALL AT JUNABEE". Warwick Examiner And Times . Vol. 42, no. 3740. Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1908. p. 8. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government . Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Warwick" (Map). Queensland Government. 1937. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ↑ Holland, Jonathan Charles (2007), The past is a foreign country: A history of the Church of England in the diocese of Brisbane, 1950-1970 (PhD Thesis), University of Queensland, School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, archived from the original on 25 March 2022, retrieved 1 September 2020
  11. ↑ "LOCAL AND GENERAL". Warwick Examiner And Times . Vol. 42, no. 3792. Queensland, Australia. 5 December 1908. p. 5. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Junabee's New Memorial Hall". Warwick Daily News . No. 8246. Queensland, Australia. 4 January 1946. p. 2. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "Junabee Memorial Hall Opening". Warwick Daily News . No. 8253. Queensland, Australia. 12 January 1946. p. 3. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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