Kajabbi
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{{Infobox Australian place
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| name = Kajabbi
| state = qld
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| postcode = 4824
| timezone = AEST
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| dist1 = 1805
| dir1 = NW
| location1 = Brisbane
| dist2 = 118
| dir2 = NE
| location2 = Mount Isa
| dist3 = 100
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| location3 = Cloncurry
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Kajabbi is a rural town in the locality of Three Rivers, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|17559|Kajabbi|town|accessdate=6 July 2016}}
Geography
The town is on the Leichhardt River in the remote north-west of Queensland, {{convert|1805|km|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".{{cite news|title=Kajabbi|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/Queensland/Kajabbi/2005/02/17/1108500203458.html|accessdate=7 June 2012|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 February 2004}} The Kalkadoon Hotel is the only commercial business in the town.
History
The town takes its name from the former Kajabbi railway station, which was named by Queensland Railways Department on 29 April 1915. It is reportedly an Aboriginal word, meaning kite hawk.
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.{{when|date=January 2021}}
Kajabbi State School opened on 15 September 1919 and closed on 28 January 1975.{{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 }}
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. Kajabbi Post Office opened on 13 June 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1917) and closed in 1973.{{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= | accessdate = 10 May 2014}}
In 2009, the Kalkadoon Hotel closed citing problems with meeting regulatory requirements.{{cite news|last=Rowling|first=Troy|title=Iconic pub forced to close|url=http://www.northweststar.com.au/news/local/news/general/iconic-pub-forced-to-close/1490401.aspx|accessdate=7 June 2012|newspaper=The North West Star|date=20 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911121859/http://www.northweststar.com.au/news/local/news/general/iconic-pub-forced-to-close/1490401.aspx|archive-date=11 September 2010|url-status=dead}}
Heritage listings
Kajabbi has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- North-West of Kajabbi Township: Mount Cuthbert Township and Smelter{{cite QHR|16390|Mount Cuthbert Township and Smelter|601629|accessdate=7 July 2013}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Kajabbi, Queensland}}
- {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-kajabbi-1976.jpg|title=Town map of Kajabbi|date=1976|publisher=Queensland Government}}
{{Shire of Cloncurry}}
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