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Pirrinuan, Queensland

Coordinates: 27°02′51″S 151°14′16″E / 27.0475°S 151.2377°E / -27.0475; 151.2377 (Pirrinuan (centre of locality))
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Pirrinuan
Queensland
Pirrinuan is located in Queensland
Pirrinuan
Pirrinuan
Coordinates27°02′51″S 151°14′16″E / 27.0475°S 151.2377°E / -27.0475; 151.2377 (Pirrinuan (centre of locality))
Population221 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density1.562/km2 (4.045/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

Pirrinuan is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Pirrinuan had a population of 221 people.[1]

Geography[edit]

Karingal is a neighbourhood within the south of the locality (27°05′00″S 151°14′00″E / 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°01′59″S 151°14′08″E / 27.0331°S 151.2355°E / -27.0331; 151.2355 (Pirrinuan railway station (former))).[5][4]

The Dalby–Jandowae Road (State Route 82) runs through from south to north.[6]

History[edit]

Pirrinuan State School opened on 21 August 1911.[7] It closed in January 1932 due to low student numbers.[8] It was on Dead Horse Lane (approx 27°02′45″S 151°16′48″E / 27.04585°S 151.28012°E / -27.04585; 151.28012 (Pirrinuan State School (first site))).[9][10]

The school reopened in 1937.[11] It closed circa 1963.[12] 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 / -27.0305; 151.2372 (Pirrinuan State School (former))).[13][14][10]

Demographics[edit]

In the 2016 census, Pirrinuan had a population of 193 people.[15]

In the 2021 census, Pirrinuan had a population of 221 people.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pirrinuan (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ Pirrinuan, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Advertising". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LIII, no. 9144. Queensland, Australia. 17 October 1910. p. 1. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "PIRRINUAN AND MALAKOFF". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXXI, no. 24. Queensland, Australia. 28 January 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Darling Downs 2 Mile map BG1 series sheet 8" (Map). Queensland Government. 1921. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  11. ^ "DISTRICT NEWS". The Dalby Herald. Queensland, Australia. 23 July 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  13. ^ "Dalby" (Map). Queensland Government. 1950. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m78" (Map). Queensland Government. 1954. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  15. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pirrinuan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata