Kumbia, Queensland

Kumbia is a small town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] The town is located on the Bunya Highway, 231 kilometres (144 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane.

Kumbia
Queensland
Kumbia Pioneer tribute beside the Memorial School of Arts hall
Kumbia
Coordinates26°42′S 151°40′E
Population352 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4610
Location
  • 231 km (144 mi) NW of Brisbane
  • 140 km (87 mi) N of Toowoomba
  • 27 km (17 mi) SW of Kingaroy
LGA(s)South Burnett Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Localities around Kumbia:
Mannuem Benair Haly Creek
Mannuem Kumbia Haly Creek
Boyneside Alice Creek Alice Creek

History
Kumbia Memorial School of Arts, 2008

Kumbia Post Office opened on 19 July 1915 (a receiving office had been open from 1913).[4]

The Kumbia State School opened on 2 February 1914 and celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2014.[5][6]

As a memorial for World War I, a memorial school of arts hall was established in 1922.[7]

St Paul's Anglican Church was dedicated on 28 November 1970 by the Right Reverend Wilfrid John Hudson. Its closure circa 2015 was approved by Bishop Cameron Venables.[8]

At the 2011 census, Kumbia had a population of 352 people.[1]

Services and facilities

Kumbia has many small street-front shops including a Fuel Station with post office, store and caravan park, a mechanic, a general store, a butcher's shop and a pub.

Vodafone will serve the town and surrounding area with mobile phone service as part of the National Blackspot Program from Q3 2016.[9]

The Kumbia branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall at 38 Bell Street.[10]

Notable residents
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References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kumbia (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. "Kumbia - town (entry 18596)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  3. "Kumbia - locality (entry 46235)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  4. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. "Kumbia SS". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  6. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. Kumbia and District Memorial School of Arts, retrieved 3 April 2014
  8. Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. "Vodafone announces Mobile Black Spot rollout schedule" (PDF). Vodafone. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  10. "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  11. "The Hon Warren Truss MP, Member for Wide Bay (Qld)". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2007.



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