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 is located in Queensland
Pirrinuan
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]

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 27.0305°S 151.2372°E / -27.0305; 151.2372 (Pirrinuan State School (former))).[8][9][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. Pirrinuan, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  8. "Dalby" (Map). Queensland Government. 1950. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m78" (Map). Queensland Government. 1954. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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