| Pirrinuan Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Pirrinuan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°02′51″S 151°14′16″E / 27.0475°S 151.2377°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 193 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.364/km2 (3.533/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4405 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 141.5 km2 (54.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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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]
Geography
Karingal is a neighbourhood within the south of the locality (27°05′00″S 151°14′00″E / 27.0833°S 151.2333°E).[3][4]
Pirrinuan railway station is an abandoned railway station on an abandoned Jandowae railway line. It was on Dalby Jandowae Road (27°01′59″S 151°14′08″E / 27.0331°S 151.2355°E).[5][4]
Road infrastructure
The Dalby–Jandowae Road (State Route 82) runs through from south to north.[6]
History
Pirrinuan State School opened on 21 August 1911 and closed circa 1963.[7] It was on Dalby Jandowae Road to the immediate north-east of the railway station (approx 27°01′50″S 151°14′14″E / 27.0305°S 151.2372°E).[8][9][4]
In the 2016 census Pirrinuan had a population of 193 people.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pirrinuan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Pirrinuan – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 49276)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "Karingal – locality unbounded in Western Downs Regional (entry 17756)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Pirrinuan, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ↑ "Dalby" (Map). Queensland Government. 1950. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m78" (Map). Queensland Government. 1954. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
