Quilpie, Queensland
Quilpie (/ˈkwɪlpi/ KWIL-pee) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Quilpie had a population of 530 people.
| Quilpie Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Brolga St, the main street of Quilpie | |||||||||||||||
Quilpie | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26.6161°S 144.2675°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 451 (UCL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4480 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 17,847.0 km2 (6,890.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Quilpie | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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The town is the administrative centre of the Quilpie Shire local government area. The town of Toompine is also within the locality.
The economy of the area is based on the grazing and mining industries. The area has one of the largest deposits of boulder opal in the world, and also has extensive deposits of gas and oil.
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