Murweh is a rural

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in the

Shire of Murweh The Shire of Murweh is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Maranoa, Queensland, Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville ...

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, Australia. In the , Murweh had a population of 9 people.

Geography

Murweh is by road south-west of Charleville. The

Mitchell Highway Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the central and south western regions of Queensland and the northern and central western regions of New South Wales in Australia. The southern part of Mitchell Highway forms part of t ...

passes through the far east of the locality, entering from the north-east (

Bakers Bend Bakers Bend is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bakers Bend had a population of 7 people. Geography The Warrego River meanders from north to south through the locality. The Western railway line from C ...

) and exiting to the south-east (

Wyandra Wyandra is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wyandra had a population of 78 people. Geography The Warrego River flows from north to south through the locality. The Mitchell Highway ...

). The Western railway line runs parallel and immediately west of the highway with the locality served by the now-abandoned Yanna railway station (). The land use is

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on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from a pastoral run, named in 1865 using an Aboriginal name for a large waterhole. Following the

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, freight services were suspended on the Western railway line between Westgate (in Bakers Bend) and

Cunnamulla Cunnamulla () is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the 2021 Au ...

, and have not resumed. In September 2014, a truck carrying

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exploded near

, damaging the nearby railway bridge, which has not been repaired, effectively closing the line between Westgate and

Demographics

In the , Murweh had "no people or a very low population". In the , Murweh had a population of 9 people.

Education

There are no schools in Murweh. The nearest government primary school is Wyandra State School in neighbouring

to the south, but, due to the distances involved, it would be too far from some parts of the locality for a daily commute. There are no nearby secondary schools. The other options are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Murweh Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland