Imbil
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Imbil
| state = qld
| image = ImbilRailwayHotel.JPG
| caption = The historic Railway Hotel
| coordinates = {{coord|-26.46|152.6775|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Imbil (town centre)}}
| pop = 1071
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established = 1868
| postcode = 4570
| area = 196.9
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| elevation =
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
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| lga = Gympie Region
| stategov = Gympie
| fedgov = Wide Bay
| dist1 = 160
| dir1 = N
| location1 = Brisbane
| dist2 = 40
| dir2 = S
| location2 = Gympie
| dist3 = 20
| dir3 = N
| location3 = Kenilworth
| near-n = Kandanga Creek
Melawondi
| near-e = Brooloo
| near-se = Kenilworth
| near-s = Kenilworth
| near-sw = Lake Borumba
| near-w = Bella Creek
| near-nw = Upper Kandanga
}}
Imbil is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|16635|Imbil|town in Gympie Region|access-date=26 January 2020}}{{cite QPN|46340|Imbil|locality in Gympie Region|access-date=26 January 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Imbil had a population of 1,071 people.
Geography
Imbil is in the Wide Bay–Burnett district in the Mary River valley, {{convert|160|km|mi}} north of the state capital, Brisbane.
History
The town takes its name from the Imbil pastoral run which was named 1857 by the pastoralists Clement Francis Lawless and Paul Lawless. Imbil is a Kabi word referring to the bamboo vine, and is also used to refer to a lagoon below the Imbil station house.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190881104|title=Etymological|date=2 December 1911|newspaper=Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette|access-date=21 October 2019|issue=5761|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XLIV|page=7|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118055349/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190881104|url-status=live}}
The town was established in 1868 at the start of the gold rush in the area.{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |pages=165 }}
In 1887, {{Convert|21760|acres||abbr=}} of land were resumed from the Imbil pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1887.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=20 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846|url-status=live}}
The first Imbil post office opened on 9 July 1870 and closed in 1872. The second office opened in 1877 and closed in 1907. The third office opened by 1919.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Imbil Provisional School opened on 19 July 1897. Due to fluctuating student numbers, it closed and reopened a number of times before closing in 1911. In 1915 it reopened as Imbil State School. On 30 January 1962 a secondary school section was added. On 30 November 2002 it was renamed Mary Valley State College.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}
The opening of the Mary Valley branch railway line (now the Mary Valley Rattler) in 1914 brought a second surge of development to the town. Imbil was served by the Imbil railway station at William Street ({{Coord|-26.4606|152.6761|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Imbil railway station (former)}}).
An Imbil Railway Station Post Office opened in 1917 (a receiving office had been open from 1915) and closed in 1920.{{cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | url-status = live }}
Imbil United Protestant Church was built at 3 Elizabeth Street ({{Coord|-26.4607|152.6751|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Imbil United Protestant / Methodist Church (former)}}) by the Congregational Church with an official opening on Thursday 15 May 1919 by Reverend Stanley Morrison, the President of the Congregational Union.{{cite news|date=24 May 1919|title=A NEW CHURCH BUILDING.|page=11|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=14,506|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176079192|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212352/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176079192|url-status=live}} In 1940 it was sold to the Methodist Church for £125, becoming Imbil Methodist Church.{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Imbil United Protestant Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3563|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212352/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3563}}
Christ Church Anglican was dedicated on Wednesday 28 May 1924 by Archbishop Gerald Sharp.{{cite news|date=24 May 1924|title=Church News|page=3 (SECOND EDITION)|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=16,063|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181224624|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212353/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181224624|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=29 May 1924|title=IMBIL'S NEW CHURCH.|page=11|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=20,701|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20739957|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212353/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20739957|url-status=live}} Its closure circa 2018 was approved by Bishop Jeremy Greaves. It is located at 88 Yabba Road ({{Coord|-26.4602|152.6732|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Christ Church Anglican (former)}}).{{cite web|last=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland|title=Closed Churches|url=https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=2 July 2020}}{{Google maps|access-date=3 July 2020|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-26.4598629,152.6736206,3a,24y,219.8h,95.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sf6grTqkLNZpGU8sKNgho1g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en|title=Christ Church Anglican, 88 Yabba Road, Imbil (Street View)}}{{cite web|title=Christ Church Anglican Church - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2543-christ-church-anglican-church-former|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212353/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/anglican/directory/2543-christ-church-anglican-church-former}}{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Christ Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3560|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020213855/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3560}}
On Saturday 13 November 1926 William Lennon, the Queensland Lieutenant-Governor, officially opened the Imbil Memorial School of Arts, which was built by the Imbil sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. to commemorate those who served and died in World War I.{{cite news|date=15 November 1926|title=IMBIL MEMORIAL.|page=19|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=21,468|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21081549|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212354/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21081549|url-status=live}}
In 1955 St Columba's Presbyterian Church was opened on the corner of Myers Street and Yabba Road (approx {{Coord|-26.4599|152.6738|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Columba's Presbyterian Church (former)}}). In 1976 in the lead-up to the amalgamation of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, the Presbyterian church building was relocated to be adjacent to the Methodist Church building in Elizabeth Street and is now the Imbil Uniting Church, while the former Methodist Church building is now used as the church hall.{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=St Columba's Presbyterian Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5201|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212355/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5201}}
The Imbil War Memorial is dedicated to those who served in World War II. It was dedicated on 11 November 1997 by the president of the Mary Valley Returned and Services League of Australia, Clive Colburn.{{cite web|title=Imbil War Memorial|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/91619-imbil-war-memorial|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=5 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407125117/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/91619-imbil-war-memorial|archive-date=7 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Imbil had a population of 942 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30792|name=Imbil (State Suburb)|access-date=18 July 2013|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Imbil had a population of 924 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31402|name=Imbil (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Imbil had a population of 1,071 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31387|name=Imbil (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Heritage listings
Imbil has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Imbil Railway Bridge, on the Mary Valley Rattler line over Yabba Creek ({{coord|-26.4583|152.6756|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Imbil railway bridge}}){{cite QHR|32240|Imbil Railway Bridge|602791|access-date=8 July 2013}}
- Imbil State School, 15 Edward Street{{cite web|title=Imbil State School|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.39.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010048/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.39.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil Uniting Church, 1 Elizabeth Road{{cite web|title=Imbil Uniting Church|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.42.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010049/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.42.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil railway station, William Street{{cite web|title=Imbil Railway Station|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.141.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010049/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.141.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil Masonic Hall, 34 Williams Street{{cite web|title=Imbil Masonic Hall|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.142.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010049/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.142.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil Police Station, 95 Yabba Road{{cite web|title=Imbil Police Station|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.143.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010049/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.143.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil General Store, 100 Yabba Road{{cite web|title=Imbil General Store|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.144.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010050/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.144.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil Hotel, 110 Yabba Road{{cite web|title=Imbil Hotel|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.145.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010050/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.145.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- former Empire Theatre, 112 Yabba Road{{cite web|title=Former Empire Theatre|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.146.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010728/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.146.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- The Wild Vine Cafe and Restaurant (previously the Empire Bakery), 116 Yabba Road{{cite web|title=The Wild Vine Cafe and Restaurant|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.147.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010729/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.147.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil Butcher Shop, 122 Yabba Road{{cite web|title=Imbil Butcher Shop|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.148.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010729/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.148.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
- Imbil RSL Hall, 127 Yabba Road{{cite web|title=Imbil RSL Hall|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.149.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010729/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.149.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
Education
File:Mary Valley State College, 2023 02.jpg
Mary Valley State College is a government primary and secondary (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at 15 Edward Street ({{coord|-26.4617|152.6792|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mary Valley State College}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|publisher=Queensland Government|date=9 July 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.maryvalleysc.eq.edu.au|title=Mary Valley State College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320131641/https://maryvalleysc.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 155 students with 17 teachers (15 full-time equivalent) and 16 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}} It includes a special education program.
For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=30 August 2023}}
Amenities
The Gympie Regional Council operates a public library in Imbil at 123-125 Yabba Road ({{Coord|-26.4592|152.6774|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Imbil public library}}).{{cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/gympie/imbil_library|title=Imbil Library|date=27 April 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071125/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/gympie/imbil_library|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}
The Imbil branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Imbil Public Hall in Edward Street.{{cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead}}
Imbil Uniting Church is at 3 Elizabeth Street ({{Coord|-26.4609|152.6751|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Imbil Uniting Church}}).{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}{{cite web|title=Imbil Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/2540-imbil-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022212354/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/2540-imbil-uniting-church}} It is part of the Mary Burnett Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.{{cite web|date=March 2019|title=Queensland congregations and faith communities|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Congregation-Fellowships-Index-Map.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2021|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020074400/https://ucaqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Congregation-Fellowships-Index-Map.pdf}}
The town is the home of the Mary Valley Stags Rugby League Club.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}
Events
Imbil is home to the annual Mary Valley Art Festival. The festival began in 2000. Viewing of entrants artwork is conducted at the Imbil public hall.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2011/07/08/valley-art-fest-launch-a-gala-affair/ |title=Valley art fest launch a gala affair |author=Nev McHarg |access-date=25 May 2012 |date=8 July 2011 |newspaper=Gympie Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711223517/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2011/07/08/valley-art-fest-launch-a-gala-affair/ |archive-date=11 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}
The town is also home to the motor rally event, the International Rally of Queensland, a long running event on the Queensland and Australian Rally Championships. It was recently promoted to international standing as a round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship. Stages are held in surrounding forests and the show grounds are converted into the garage facilities for approximately 70 race cars over the course of the three-day event. It is now the longest running national level rally event in the country.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
See also
{{Portal|Queensland}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Citation|title=Imbil School centenary, 1897-1997 : incorporating Bella Junction, Bollier, Borumba Dam & Brooloo Schools|publication-date=1997|publisher=The Centenary Committee|isbn=978-0-646-33095-2}}
External links
{{commons category|Imbil, Queensland}}
- {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/imbil|title=Imbil|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
- {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-imbil-1975.jpg|title=Town map of Imbil|date=1975|publisher=Queensland Government}}
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