Kumbia, Queensland
| Kumbia Queensland | |||||||||||||
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 Kumbia Pioneer tribute beside the Memorial School of Arts hall | |||||||||||||
  Kumbia | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°42′S 151°40′E / 26.700°S 151.667°ECoordinates: 26°42′S 151°40′E / 26.700°S 151.667°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 352 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4610 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||
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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. At the 2011 census, Kumbia had a population of 352 people.[1]
History
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.
As a memorial for World War I, a memorial school of arts hall was established in 1922.[5]
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.[6]
Notable residents
- Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, used to live in Kumbia[7]
References
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- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Kumbia (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ↑ "Kumbia - town (entry 18596)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Kumbia - locality (entry 46235)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ↑ Kumbia and District Memorial School of Arts, retrieved 3 April 2014
- ↑ "Vodafone announces Mobile Black Spot rollout schedule" (PDF). Vodaphone. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "The Hon Warren Truss MP, Member for Wide Bay (Qld)". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2007.