Pirrinuan, Queensland

Pirrinuan is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Pirrinuan had a population of 193 people.[1]

Pirrinuan
Queensland
Pirrinuan
Coordinates27.0475°S 151.2377°E / -27.0475; 151.2377 (Pirrinuan (centre of locality))
Population193 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.364/km2 (3.533/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4405
Area141.5 km2 (54.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Western Downs Region
State electorate(s)Warrego
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Pirrinuan:
Macalister Jimbour East Jimbour East
Macalister Pirrinuan Kaimkillenbun
Dalby Dalby Dalby

Geography

Karingal is a neighbourhood within the south of the locality (27.0833°S 151.2333°E / -27.0833; 151.2333 (Karingal)).[3][4]

Pirrinuan railway station is an abandoned railway station on an abandoned Jandowae railway line. It was on Dalby Jandowae Road (27.0331°S 151.2355°E / -27.0331; 151.2355 (Pirrinuan railway station (former))).[5][4]

History

Pirrinuan State School opened on 21 August 1911 and closed circa 1963.[6] It was on Dalby Jandowae Road to the immediate north-east of the railway station (approx 27.0305°S 151.2372°E / -27.0305; 151.2372 (Pirrinuan State School (former))).[7][8][4]

In the 2016 census Pirrinuan had a population of 193 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pirrinuan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Pirrinuan – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 49276)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Karingal – locality unbounded in Western Downs Regional (entry 17756)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. "Dalby" (Map). Queensland Government. 1950. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  8. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m78" (Map). Queensland Government. 1954. Retrieved 6 November 2021.


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