Brigalow, Queensland

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Brigalow
Queensland
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Brigalow General Store
Brigalow is located in Queensland
Brigalow
Brigalow
Coordinates26°50′32″S 150°47′18″E / 26.8422°S 150.7883°E / -26.8422; 150.7883 (Brigalow (town centre))Coordinates: 26°50′32″S 150°47′18″E / 26.8422°S 150.7883°E / -26.8422; 150.7883 (Brigalow (town centre))
Population170 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.621/km2 (1.61/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4412
Area273.9 km2 (105.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Western Downs Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Localities around Brigalow:
Boonarga Chances Plain
Wychie
 Tuckerang
Hopeland Brigalow Warra
Kogan Kogan Kogan

Brigalow is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of Brigalow had a population of 170 people.[1]

Geography[]

Brigalow is on the Darling Downs. The town is in the north of the locality.[4]

The Warrego Highway enters the locality from the east (Warra), then proceeds north-west passing through the town, and then exits to the north-west (Boonarga). The Western railway line runs immediately north and parallel to the highway with two railway stations within the locality:[4]

Apart from the power station and mines in the south-west of the locality, the predominant surface land use is a mixture of crop growing in the north of the locality and grazing on native vegetation in the south of the locality.[4]

History[]

Brigalow Post Office opened by November 1912 (a receiving office, originally named Mulga, had been open from 1895) and closed around 1993.[6]

Brigalow Provisional School opened on 24 February 1908. In 1910 it became Brigalow State School.[7]

The first wedding in the Brigalow Methodist Church was celebrated on 28 February 1923.[8]

Blackwood Provisional School opened on 19 July 1915 and closed on 27 October 1932. On 12 November 1932 the school reopened and renamed Belah State School. It closed in 1962. It was located near Brigalow railway siding.[7]

Noola State School opened on 5 April 1923. Circa 1957 it renamed Noola Plains State School. It closed circa 1961. Its location was "via Brigalow".[7]

The Kogan Creek Power Station opened in 2006.[9]

At the 2006 census, Brigalow and the surrounding area had a population of 457.[10]

In the 2016 census the locality of Brigalow had a population of 170 people.[1]

Economy[]

The Kogan Creek Power Station is a coal-fired power station in the south-west of the locality (

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26°55′10″S 150°45′06″E / 26.9194°S 150.7516°E / -26.9194; 150.7516 (Kogan Creek Power Station)).[11] At 750 MW, it is the largest single unit in Australia. Construction by a consortium led by Siemens commenced in 2004 and was completed in 2007.[12] It was opened by the Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Minister for Mines and Energy Geoff Wilson on 27 November 2007.[13]

The Kogan Creek coal mine is located to the south-east of the power station. It is an open-cut mine which supplies the power station with approximately 2.5Mt of coal each year.[9]

From the town to the south of locality is within petroleum leases held by Arrow CSG (Australia) and Australian CBM to extract coal seam gas.[4] The extraction of coal seam gas within farming districts is controversial in Australia due to concerns that groundwater under prime grazing and cropping land could be contaminated.[14] In April 2018 one operator in Hopeland (to the immediate west of Brigalow), Linc Energy, was fined $4.5 million in May 2019 for causing environmental harm through its underground coal gasification plant.[15][16][17]

In the agricultural economy, there are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:[18]

Education[]

Brigalow State School

Brigalow State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Warrego Highway (

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26°50′11″S 150°46′45″E / 26.8364°S 150.7792°E / -26.8364; 150.7792 (Brigalow State School)).[19][20] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 52 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[21]

There is no secondary school in Brigalow. The nearest government secondary schools are Chinchilla State High School (to Year 12) in Chinchilla to the north-west and Jandowae State School (to Year 10) in Jandowae to the north-east.[4]

Amenities[]

Brigalow Public Hall

Brigalow Public Hall is at 47-49 Warrego Highway (

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26°50′36″S 150°47′22″E / 26.8434°S 150.7895°E / -26.8434; 150.7895 (Brigalow Public Hall)).[22][23]

Brigalow had three churches but all have now closed. The Brigalow Uniting Church (the last to close) was at 68 Mulga Street (

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26°50′21″S 150°47′07″E / 26.8393°S 150.7852°E / -26.8393; 150.7852 (Brigalow Uniting Church (former))) and is now privately owned.[24][25][4][26]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brigalow (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Brigalow – town in Western Downs Region (entry 4501)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Brigalow – locality in Western Downs Region (entry 47670)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b c 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. ^ "WEDDINGS". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. LXII (72). Queensland, Australia. 24 March 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ a b "Kogan Creek Mine". Golding Contractors. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Brigalow (Chinchilla Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  11. ^ "Landmark Areas - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Kogan Creek Case Study" (PDF). Siemens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2013.
  13. ^ Bligh, Anna; Wilson, Geoff (27 November 2007). "Drought proof generator powers Queensland growth - Ministerial Media Statement". Media Statements. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
  14. ^ Mullan, Bruce (6 May 2014). "Coal seam gas: It's a fracking worry". JourneyOnline. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  15. ^ "New CSG no-go zone aimed to quarantine contaminated Queensland groundwater". ABC News. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Linc Energy found guilty of serious environmental harm at controversial UCG plant". ABC News. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Linc Energy fined $4.5 million for serious environmental harm at underground coal gasification plant". ABC News. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Homesteads - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  19. ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Brigalow State School". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  21. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Community Halls". Western Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Brigalow Public Hall" (PDF). Western Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Brigalow Uniting Church - Former". Churches Australia. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  25. ^ Google (6 April 2021). "Brigalow Uniting Church (former)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  26. ^ "68 Mulga Street, Brigalow Qld 4412". Realestate.com.au. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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