Junabee

Junabee Queensland
Junabee exhibit at the Warwick Annual Show, 1953
Junabee
Coordinates	28°15′00″S152°08′46″E / 28.25°S 152.1461°E / -28.25; 152.1461 (Junabee (centre of locality))
Population	195 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	2.778/km2 (7.194/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4370
Area	70.2 km2 (27.1 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	14.8 km (9 mi) ESE of Warwick 125 km (78 mi) SW of Ipswich 167 km (104 mi) SW of Brisbane
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]

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 government primary schools are Warwick East State School in Warwick to the west, Yangan State School in Yangan to the north-east and Murray's Bridge State School in Murrays Bridge to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Warwick State High School in Warwick. ^[8]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Junabee (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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. "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.
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.
14. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Junabee (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.