Description
Toobeah, pronounced 'two beer', is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.
Toobeah, pronounced 'two beer', is a rural town and locality in the Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia. The locality is on the border of Queensland and New South Wales. In the 2016 census, Toobeah had a population of 191 people.
History
The town takes its name from the Toobeah railway station on the South Western railway line, which was established in 1910. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal word indicating to point, possibly because of the presence of a sign post at the road junction where the railway station was built.Toobeah Provisional School opened on 12 October 1914. On 1 December 1914 it became Toobeah State School. It closed on 30 April 1964.At the 2011 census, Toobeah and the surrounding rural area had a population of 218.In the 2016 census, Toobeah had a population of 191 people.
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Population: 101-1000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 1121.602 km2
Elevation: 51-200 metres
Town elevation: 195 m
Population number: 191
Local Government Area: Goondiwindi Regional Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Toobeah, Queensland