Jambin

History

The town takes its name from the Jambin railway station, which in turn was named on 27 April 1923 by the Queensland Railway Department and is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning echidna. It was on Callide Road (). Although it is within the town of Callide, it is within the present-day boundaries of Jambin. This opened up the area for new settlers, many of them pursuing dairying. Cream was sent to the butter factory at Wowan. Jambin Post Office opened on 1 February 1926 (a receiving office had been open from 1924).Jambin State School opened on 11 February 1929 with 16 students under principal Kate Collins. The first school building was a high-set two-room structure with a semi-enclosed verandah. It was on the northern corner of Earlsfield Road and Earlsfield Pit Road ().

Geography

Jambin is located in Central Queensland on the Burnett Highway which runs roughly north–south through the town. Callide Creek is immediately to the west of the town; it is a tributary of the Don River. The Callide Valley railway line passed through the locality with Jambin railway station () serving the town. That section of the line is now closed ; the station was abandoned in 1993. The following stations in Jambin are on the Moura line (from north to south): * Annandale railway station () All of these stations are operational apart from Argoon which is now abandoned. Boundary Hill station is on a balloon loop that serves the Boundary Hill coal mine (in neighbouring Callide).

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  29
• Little Corella

  Cacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843 · Aves
  21
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  21
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  20
• Red-winged Parrot

  Aprosmictus erythropterus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  18
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  18
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  17
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  16