| Theebine Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Theebine Hotel | |||||||||||||||
  Theebine | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°57′0″S152°33′0″E / 25.95000°S 152.55000°E Coordinates: 25°57′0″S152°33′0″E / 25.95000°S 152.55000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 182 (2011 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4570 | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Theebine is a small town and locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region, both in Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] [4]
The town is located 215 kilometres (134 mi) north of the Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. [5] Most of the locality and the town is within Gympie Region with only a small area in the north-east in the Fraser Coast Region.
The western boundary of the locality is the Mary River.
The North Coast railway line passes through the locality from south to north with the Theebine railway station serving the town. The former Kingaroy railway line (later the Nanango railway line) branched at Theebine with the Dickabram railway station ( 25°57′13″S152°30′02″E / 25.95361°S 152.50056°E ) [6] located in Theebine just before the Dickabram Bridge over the Mary River. [7]
The town was originally established to service the railway junction where the Kingaroy line branched from the North Coast railway line. The Kingaroy to Theebine railway, opened in December 1904, was used for agriculture and commercial freight as well as transporting passengers and was one of the first branch lines built in Queensland. [8] Formerly Kilkivan Junction, it was re-named by the Railways Department as Theebine on 23 May 1910, using a Waka language word, dhil-bvain indicating the lung fish, Ceratodus Forsteri. [9] [10] [11]
The Theebine Hotel was first built in 1909. [12]
The Kilkivan Junction Provisional School opened in 1889 and became Kilkivan Junction State School on 1 Jan 1909. In 1910 it was renamed Theebine State School. [13]
The Theebine to Kingaroy line was officially closed in early 2010. [14]
In the 2011 census, Theebine had a population of 182 people. [1]
Theebine has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
The town is best known for the restored Theebine Hotel, a tourist attraction. [12]
Theebine State School is a government co-educational primary school (P-6) at 631 Scrub Road. In 2015, it had an enrolment of 5 students with 1 teacher and 2 non-teaching staff (1 equivalent full-time). [16]
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Theebine railway station is a closed railway station on the North Coast railway line of Queensland, Australia at Theebine. Slightly south of the railway station is the junction between the main North Coast line and the Kingaroy branch, which continues into west Queensland. It is also the junction for the Dickabram line.
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The Nanango railway line was a narrow-gauge branch railway located in Queensland, Australia. On 31 October 1882, parliament approved the construction of a branch line from Theebine west to Kilkivan after gold and copper were discovered in this region of Queensland, Australia. The section was opened in two stages – to Dickabram on 1 January 1886 after two crossings of the Mary River and to Kilkivan on 6 December 1886.
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Miva is a locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region in Queensland, Australia. > In the 2016 census Miva had a population of 57 people.
Woolooga Rail Bridge is a heritage-listed railway bridge at Wide Bay Creek on the Theebine - Kilikivan railway line, Woolooga, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1884 by Owen McDermott & Co. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Kilkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail is an 88-kilometre (55 mi) recreation trail from Kilkivan to Kingaroy. The trail follows the old Kingaroy Branch railway and is open to walkers, cyclists and horse riders.
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