Woleebee Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 26°17′20″S 149°49′45″E / 26.2888°S 149.8291°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 62 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.1057/km2 (0.2738/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4419 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 586.5 km2 (226.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Western Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Woleebee is a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Woleebee had a population of 62 people.[1]
Toby's Knob in the Woleebee district was the site of the hide-out of the Aboriginal bushranger known as Wild Toby during the 1870s and 1880s.[3]
A thermal coal resource area called Juandah has been identified at 26°14′06″S 149°48′58″E / 26.235°S 149.816°E in the locality. It has estimated reserves of 10 to 100 megatonnes (9,800,000 to 98,400,000 long tons; 11,000,000 to 110,000,000 short tons).[4]
In the 2016 census, Woleebee had a population of 95 people.[5]
In the 2021 census, Woleebee had a population of 62 people.[1]