Pirrinuan, Queensland
Pirrinuan Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°02′51″S 151°14′16″E / 27.0475°S 151.2377°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 221 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 1.562/km2 (4.045/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 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).[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]
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).[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).[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]- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pirrinuan (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Advertising". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LIII, no. 9144. Queensland, Australia. 17 October 1910. p. 1. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Darling Downs 2 Mile map BG1 series sheet 8" (Map). Queensland Government. 1921. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "DISTRICT NEWS". The Dalby Herald. Queensland, Australia. 23 July 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pirrinuan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.