Meandarra

Meandarra is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

Meandarra is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Meandarra had a population of 262 people.

First surveyed in 1912 by surveyor John Daveney Steele, the town derived its name from a pastoral run first used by pastoralist Archibald Meston on 16 October 1867.Cooroorah Provisional School opened in 1913 and closed on 1919. After a temporary closure in 1915, it closed permanently 1919. Its location was "via Meandarra".Meandarra State School opened on 27 September 1915.Kinkabilla Provisional School opened on 1921 and closed circa 1934. Its location was "via Meandarra".Meandarra Post Office opened on 1 January 1928 (a receiving office was open from 1910 until 1918).On 21 June 1953 St Margaret Mary Catholic Church was officially opened and dedicated by the Vicar Capitular of Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba Michael Morrissey McKenna. It was the first church in Meandarra.St Augustine's Anglican Church opened in 1955.The Meandarra Public Library building opened in 1993.Meandarra Assembly of God Church was established in 1995. It later renamed itself as the Country Hope Church.At the 2006 census, Meandarra and the surrounding area had a population of 341.The Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum was opened in 2009.The Glenmorgan railway line was closed beyond Meandarra closed on 26 June 2013, making Meandarra the terminus.In the 2016 census the locality of Meandarra had a population of 262 people.

Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum is in Sara Street (27.3229°S 149.8827°E? / -27.3229; 149.8827? (Meandarra ANZAC Memorial Museum)). It contains a large collection of ANZAC memorabilia including a Canberra bomber and a German U-boat engine.