The Gums, Queensland

The Gums is a town in the western Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located at the junction of the Leichhardt Highway and the Tara - Surat road,^[2] in the Western Downs Region Local Government area, 329 kilometres (204 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, The Gums and the surrounding area had a population of 169.^[1]

The name of the town was derived from the nearby railway station, on the line from Dalby to Glenmorgan,^[3] used from 1924.^[4]

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