Junabee

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]

Junabee
Queensland
Junabee exhibit at the Warwick Annual Show, 1953
Junabee
Coordinates28.25°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 zoneAEST (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

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]

St George's Anglican Church held its first service on 4 March 1945. It closed in 1973.[6][7] However, there are mentions of an earlier church dating back to 1908.[8]

On 5 January 1946, the Junabee Memorial Hall was opened at 573 Roona Road (28.2509°S 152.1450°E / -28.2509; 152.1450 (Junabee Memorial Hall)). The hall commemoriates those who served in World War I and World War II.[9][10]

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.[11]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Junabee (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  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. LX (14, 239). Queensland, Australia. 2 September 1903. p. 6. 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. 42 (3740). Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Closed Churches". Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. 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
  8. "LOCAL AND GENERAL". Warwick Examiner And Times. 42 (3792). Queensland, Australia. 5 December 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Junabee's New Memorial Hall". Warwick Daily News (8246). Queensland, Australia. 4 January 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Junabee Memorial Hall Opening". Warwick Daily News (8253). Queensland, Australia. 12 January 1946. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 September 2020.


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