Junabee

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Junabee
Queensland
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Junabee exhibit at the Warwick Annual Show, 1953
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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))
Population195 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density2.778/km2 (7.194/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 2021 census, Junabee had a population of 195 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]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Junabee had a population of 213 people. [14]

In the 2021 census, Junabee had a population of 195 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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