:Nebo, Queensland
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{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Nebo
| state = qld
| image = Nebo Hotel (2009).jpg
| caption = Nebo Hotel, 2009
| coordinates = {{coord|-21.6897|148.6913|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Nebo (town centre)}}
| pop = 857
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4742
| area = 877.0
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 85.4
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Glenden
| dist2 = 86.6
| dir2 = SW
| location2 = Sarina
| dist3 = 92.8
| dir3 = SW
| location3 = Mackay
| dist4 = 944
| dir4 = NNW
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Isaac Region
| stategov = Burdekin
| fedgov = Capricornia
| elevation =
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| near-n = Epsom
| near-ne = Blue Mountain
| near-e = Koumala
| near-se = Oxford
| near-s = Oxford
| near-sw = Strathfield
| near-w = Hail Creek
| near-nw = Mount Britton
}}
Nebo is a rural town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|23978|Nebo|town in Isaac Region|accessdate=27 December 2020}}{{cite QPN|47031|Nebo|locality in Isaac Region|accessdate=27 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Nebo had a population of 857 people.
Geography
The town of Nebo is situated on the western edge of the locality on Nebo Creek. The Peak Downs Highway enters the locality from the south-west (Strathfield), passes through the town, and exits to the north (Epsom). The Suttor Developmental Road commences at the Peak Downs Highway in the north-west of the locality and exits the locality to the west (Hail Creek).{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Nebo+QLD+4742/@-21.6549243,148.649476,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bda584083d0790b:0x400eef17f208330!8m2!3d-21.6884985!4d148.6950385 |title=Nebo, Queensland |access-date=13 Aug 2019}} The Marlborough–Sarina Road runs along the eastern boundary.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nebo+QLD+4742/@-21.6540195,148.4598721,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x6bda584083d0790b:0x400eef17f208330!8m2!3d-21.6885646!4d148.6899862!16s%2Fm%2F02qpkpn?entry=ttu |title=Nebo, Queensland |access-date=17 December 2023}}
History
Baradha (also known as Barada, Toolginburra, Baradaybahrad, Thararraburra, Toolginburra, Baradha) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Baradha people. The Baradha language region includes the locality of Lotus Creek and extends along the inland ranges towards Nebo and extends along the Connors River catchment.{{Cite web|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/biri-5?embed=true|title=Indigenous languages map of Queensland|date=2020|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=21 January 2020}}
Biri (also known as Birri) is a language of Central and North Queensland. Biri refers to a language chain extending from Central Queensland towards Townsville and is often used as a universal name for other languages and/or dialects across the region. The language area includes the towns of Bowen, Ayr, Collinsville and Nebo.
William Landsborough explored the district in 1857.{{cite news|date=31 December 1946|title=ORIGIN OF NEBO|volume=80|page=2|newspaper=Daily Mercury|issue=311|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171337646|access-date=3 March 2017|via=National Library of Australia}} He named the district after the Babylonian god Nabu (Hebrew: Nebo). Although the name Nebo was widely used for the town, the official name was Fort Cooper until it was eventually changed to Nebo in 1923.
Pastoralists settled in the Nebo region as early as the 1860s.
Fort Cooper was used as a Native Police barracks from 1862 until 1878.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page19968576 |title=untitled|newspaper=Mackay Mercury And South Kennedy Advertiser |issue=518 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 March 1876 |access-date=1 August 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Officers such as Robert Arthur Johnstone were deployed to this post and their efficiency in "arresting the depredations" of the Aboriginal people were appreciated by the local residents and squatters.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page19970286 |title=To the squatters |newspaper=Mackay Mercury And South Kennedy Advertiser |issue=228 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=20 August 1870 |access-date=1 August 2017 |page=1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE "MACKAY MERCURY.") |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304085852/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19970286 |url-status=live }}
The Nebo Post Office opened on 1 January 1864.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Nebo* | access-date = 5 March 2021}}
File:Architectural drawing of the Police Quarters, Nebo, 20 February 1884.jpg
The Nebo Court of Petty Sessions opened on 29 January 1866. The Nebo Small Debts Court opened on 31 December 1867. Following the Magistrates Courts Act 1921, the Small Debts Court became the Nebo Magistrates Court on 3 April 1922. On 31 December 1964, the Court of Petty Sessions was absorbed into the Magistrates Court. The Magistrates Court closed on 20 December 1990.{{cite QSA Agency|776|Court of Petty Sessions, Nebo|30 December 2015
}}{{cite QSA Agency|1348|Magistrates Court, Nebo|30 December 2015
}}{{cite QSA Agency|1811|Small Debts Court, Nebo|30 December 2015
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The Nebo Police Station opened in February 1867.{{Cite QSA Agency|1580|Police Station, Nebo|22 October 2017
}} In December 1886 new police quarters were built.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66320096|title=NEBO.|date=11 December 1886|newspaper=The Capricornian|access-date=22 October 2017|issue=50|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=12|page=24|via=National Library of Australia}}
Nebo Provisional School opened on 29 June 1874. It became Nebo State School in 1909.{{Cite QldSchool|accessdate=29 December 2015}}{{cite QSA Agency|5577|Nebo State School|30 December 2015}}
In 1957, a memorial stone was erected in the Nebo Shire to honour William Landsborough.{{Citation|author1=Monument Australia, (issuing body.)|title=Monument Australia|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/178953836|publication-date=2010|publisher=Monument Australia|quote=William Landsborough|access-date=11 August 2020|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205070219/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/178953836|url-status=live}}{{Citation|title=Memorial stone erected in the Nebo Shire to honour William Landsborough|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/238957188|publication-date=2005|access-date=11 August 2020|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205070220/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/238957188|url-status=live}}
Nebo was the administrative centre for the Shire of Nebo until 2008 when the Shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Belyando and the Shire of Broadsound to form the Isaac Region. The Isaac Region is administered from Moranbah, but has council offices in Nebo.
The William Landsborough Diaries (1856–1886){{Citation|author1=Landsborough, William|title=William Landsborough Papers, 1856-1908|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235423806|work=State Library of Queensland|publication-date=1856|ref=State Library of Queensland OM69-17|access-date=11 August 2020|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205070219/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235423806|url-status=live}} were ranked #39 in the ‘Top 150: Documenting Queensland’ exhibition when it toured to venues around Queensland from February 2009 to April 2010.{{cite web|author=corporateName=Queensland State Archives|title=Number 39 - William Landsborough Diaries (1856-1886)|url=http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Exhibitions/Top150/026-050/Pages/039.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205072335/https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives|archive-date=5 December 2020|access-date=11 August 2020|website=Number 39 - William Landsborough Diaries (1856–1886)|publication-date=6 April 2015|via=National Library of Australia}} The exhibition was part of Queensland State Archives’ events and exhibition program which contributed to the state’s Q150 celebrations, marking the 150th anniversary of the separation of Queensland from New South Wales.{{Citation|author1=Queensland State Archives|title=Annual report|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/28725413|pages=6, 9|publication-date=2014|publisher=Queensland State Archives|issn=14488426|access-date=4 August 2020|archive-date=26 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826021924/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/28725413|url-status=live}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Nebo had a population of 850 people.{{Census 2006 AUS
|id=UCL343550
|name=Nebo (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)
|accessdate=3 May 2009
|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Nebo had a population of 840 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31207|name=Nebo|accessdate=29 December 2015|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Nebo had a population of 753 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32132|name=Nebo (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Nebo had a population of 857 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32113|name=Nebo (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Heritage listings
Nebo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Nebo Hotel, 2 Reynolds Street{{cite QHR|15926|Nebo Hotel|601154|accessdate=10 July 2013}}
Economy
The local economy has traditionally relied on coal-mining as it plays a significant role in the local economy, with eleven coal mines located in the Nebo district.
Education
Nebo State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 34 Oxford Street ({{coord|-21.6897|148.6898|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Nebo State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web|title=Nebo State School|url=https://neboss.eq.edu.au/|access-date=5 March 2021}} In 2014, the school had an enrolment of 63 children with 4 teachers.{{Cite web|title=2014 School Annual Report|url=https://neboss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/annual-report%202014.pdf|access-date=30 December 2015|publisher=Nebo State School|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032524/https://neboss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/annual-report%202014.pdf|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 61 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|accessdate=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}
There is no secondary school in Nebo. The nearest secondary schools are Sarina State High School (7–12) in Sarina to the north-east and Glenden State School (Prep–12) in Glenden to the north-west.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=4 March 2021}} Given the distances involved, distance education and boarding school would be other options.
Amenities
The Isaac Regional Council operates a public library at 10 Reynolds Street.{{Cite web|date=21 June 2017|title=Nebo Library|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/isaac/nebo_library|access-date=26 January 2018|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185451/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/isaac/nebo_library|url-status=live}}
The Nebo Sarina Range branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 1994 Marlborough Sarina Road, Sarina Range.{{Cite web|title=Branch Locations|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Nebo, Queensland}}
- {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/nebo-shire|title=Nebo Shire|website=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
- {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-nebo-1984.jpg|title=Town map of Nebo|date=1984|publisher=Queensland Government}}
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