Kajabbi
Kajabbi Queensland | |
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Coordinates | 20°02′S 140°02′E / 20.033°S 140.033°E |
Postcode(s) | 4824 |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Shire of Cloncurry |
State electorate(s) | Mount Isa |
Federal division(s) | Kennedy |
Kajabbi is a town in remote north western Queensland, Australia. The town is on the Leichhardt River and in the Shire of Cloncurry local government area, 1,805 kilometres (1,122 mi) north west of the state capital Brisbane.
The town is small, described by a travel writer as "no more than a pub and a couple of houses".[1] The Kalkadoon Hotel is the only commercial business in the town.[1]
History
Nearby Battle Mountain was the scene of an armed conflict between local Kalkadoon people and European cattlemen supported by the armed forces. Many of the local Aborigines were killed.[1]
In the 1920s Kajabbi was a service centre for nearby copper mines at Dobbyn and Mount Cuthbert. The town was a railhead on the Mount Cuthbert and Dobbyn railway lines and cattle from a wide area of north west Queensland were brought to the town to be railed to Cloncurry and onwards.[1] Kajabbi Post Office opened on 13 June 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1917) and closed in 1973.[2]
In 2009 the Kalkadoon Hotel closed citing problems with meeting regulatory requirements.[3]
Heritage listings
Kajabbi has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- North-West of Kajabbi Township: Mount Cuthbert Township and Smelter[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Kajabbi". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Rowling, Troy (20 April 2009). "Iconic pub forced to close". The North West Star. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "Mount Cuthbert Township and Smelter (entry 601629)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
External links
Media related to Kajabbi, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons