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Kumbia, Queensland

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Population
  
352 (2011 census)

Kumbia
  
Haly Creek

Local time
  
Sunday 9:31 AM

Postcode(s)
  
4610

State electorate(s)
  
Postal code
  
4610

Federal division
  
Division of Maranoa

Kumbia, Queensland

Location
  
231 km (144 mi) NW of Brisbane140 km (87 mi) N of Toowoomba27 km (17 mi) SW of Kingaroy

Weather
  
24°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 74% Humidity

Kumbia is a small town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Bunya Highway, 231 kilometres (144 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2011 census, Kumbia had a population of 352 people.

Contents

Map of Kumbia QLD 4610, Australia

History

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

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

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

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.

Notable residents

  • Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, used to live in Kumbia
  • References

    Kumbia, Queensland Wikipedia