Condamine, Queensland


Condamine is a town and a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 census, Condamine had a population of 384.
Condamine is claimed to be the location of the invention of the 'Condamine Bell', a small bell made from sheet metal used to locate herds of cattle.

Geography

The town is north west of the state capital Brisbane and south from the town of Miles, in the Western Downs Region local government area. It is located in the centre of the locality.
The Leichhardt Highway traverses the locality from north to south passing through the town.
The Condamine River passes to the west of the town.
The Roma to Brisbane gas pipeline passes to the south of Condamine. There are two gas compression facilities to the east of Condamine. This location is the intersection of the Roma to Brisbane pipeline, the Peat/Scotia Lateral and the Braemar Line Pack Pipeline.

History

Tieryboo Post Office opened on 21 May 1856. It was renamed Condamine in July of that year.
Condamine State School opened in 1863.
On 30 December 2010, flooding forced evacuation of the town, with the level of the river expected to exceed. The town was evacuated twice in 10 days during January 2011 as the rains continued and caused flash floods. The first flood peaked at.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 384 people in Condamine. 75.5% of people were born in Australia and 80.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common response for religion was Anglican at 32.9%.

Facilities

Condamine is serviced by a small hotel and a roadhouse. The roadhouse is an old style classic truckies' roadhouse.

Education

Condamine State School is a government co-educational primary school at 5 Kennedy Street. The school opened on 1 January 1863. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 32 students with 5 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff. It is one of the oldest state primary schools in Queensland.

Sport

Condamine has a rugby union team which compete in the Darling Downs Rugby Union competition, against such teams as the University of Southern Queensland Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba Rangers Rugby Union Club, Toowoomba City Rugby Club, Roma Echidnas, the Condamine Cods, the Dalby Wheatmen, the Goondiwindi Emus, the Warwick Water Rats and the University of Queensland Rugby Union Club.