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Kinbombi, Queensland

Kinbombi
Queensland
Kinbombi is located in Queensland
Kinbombi
Kinbombi
Coordinates 26°11′47″S 152°07′20″E / 26.1963°S 152.1222°E / -26.1963; 152.1222Coordinates: 26°11′47″S 152°07′20″E / 26.1963°S 152.1222°E / -26.1963; 152.1222
Postcode(s) 4601
Area 127.9 km2 (49.4 sq mi)
LGA(s) Gympie Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Wide Bay
Localities around Kinbombi:
Goomeri Cinnabar Cinnabar
Goomeri Kinbombi Cinnabar
Barambah Manumbar Manumbar

Kinbombi is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.

The town takes its name from the railway station name assigned in 1902, which is derived from an Aboriginal word in the Kabi language, indicating a fight concerning a woman (gin meaning woman and bombe meaning hit).

The Kinbombi State School opened in 1926 and closed in 1938.


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