Woleebee, Queensland
| Woleebee Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Woleebee | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°17′20″S 149°49′45″E / 26.2888°S 149.8291°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 95 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.1620/km2 (0.4195/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4419 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 586.5 km2 (226.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Woleebee is a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Woleebee had a population of 95 people.[1]
Toby's Knob in the Woleebee district was the site of the hide-out of the Aboriginal bushranger known as Wild Toby during the 1870s and 1880s.[3]
Geography[edit]
A thermal coal resource area called Juandah has been identified at 26°14′06″S 149°48′58″E / 26.235°S 149.816°E in the locality. It has estimated reserves of 10 to 100 megatonnes (9,800,000 to 98,400,000 long tons; 11,000,000 to 110,000,000 short tons).[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Woleebee (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Woleebee – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47760)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Reid, Gordon (1982). A Nest of Hornets. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
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