Kumbia, Queensland
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Kumbia Pioneer tribute beside the Memorial School of Arts hall
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 Kumbia
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| Population | 352 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4610 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Kumbia is a small town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] The town is located on the Bunya Highway, 231 kilometres (144 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2011 census, Kumbia had a population of 352 people.[1]
History
Kumbia Post Office opened on 19 July 1915 (a receiving office had been open from 1913).[4]
The Kumbia State School opened on 2 February 1914 and celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2014.
As a memorial for World War I, a memorial school of arts hall was established in 1922.[5]
Services and facilities
Kumbia has many small street-front shops including a Fuel Station with post office, store and caravan park, a mechanic, a general store, a butcher's shop and a pub.
Vodafone will serve the town and surrounding area with mobile phone service as part of the National Blackspot Program from Q3 2016.[6]
Notable residents
- Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, used to live in Kumbia[7]
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