Wallumbilla

History

The name Wallumbilla was the name of a pastoral run leased by Charles Coxen, The name is presumed to come from the indigenous Mandandanji language and reportedly means wallu=plenty and billa=jew fish. From January 1964, secondary schooling was offered in the Memorial Hall opposite the school, until it became possible to accommodate the secondary students on the school site from April 1965. A swimming pool was added to the school in 1981. On Saturday 17 May 1929, the Wallumbilla School of Arts Memorial Hall was officially opened by Godfrey Morgan, the local Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Murilla. On 1 December 1956, The Westlander collided head-on with the Western Mail which was stationary at Wallumbilla railway station. The crash killed 5 people and injured 11 or 13 people. There is a memorial at the railway station commemorating the crash. In 2017, a combined Rural Fire station and SES facility was built.

Geography

Wallumbilla is situated on the Warrego Highway, five hours by road west from Brisbane, just east of Roma in South West Queensland. To the north of Wallumbilla the Great Dividing Range (in this region no more than a bumpy watershed) passes roughly ESE to NNW. The town is sandwiched between Wallumbilla & Middle Creeks as they flow south toward the Condamine/Balonne River.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  39
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  39
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  37
• Apostlebird

  Struthidea cinerea Gould, 1837 · Aves
  37
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  36
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  33
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  25
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  24