Drillham, Queensland

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Drillham Queensland
Post office at Drillham
Drillham
Coordinates	26°39′0″S 149°59′0″E / 26.65000°S 149.98333°E / -26.65000; 149.98333Coordinates: 26°39′0″S 149°59′0″E / 26.65000°S 149.98333°E / -26.65000; 149.98333
Population	272 (2006)^[1]
Postcode(s)	4424
Location	358 km (222 mi) NW of Brisbane 231 km (144 mi) NW of Toowoomba 148 km (92 mi) NW of Dalby 120 km (75 mi) E of Roma 20 km (12 mi) W of Miles
LGA(s)	Western Downs Region
State electorate(s)	Warrego
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa

Drillham is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Warrego Highway and in the Western Downs Region local government area, 358 kilometres (222 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Drillham and the surrounding area had a population of 272.^[1]

The town was established in 1878 to service the railway and was home to a camp for workers building the bridge over nearby Drillham Creek.^[2] The town and the creek were originally known as 'Delerium' due to the typhoid fever that struck this camp.^[3] Today, Drillham is a centre for the production of livestock and grains.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Drillham (Murilla Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Drillham". Western Downs - Places to Visit. Tourism Queensland. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
↑ "Drillham". Murilla Shire Council. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

v t e Towns in the Western Downs Region, Darling Downs, Queensland

Bell Brigalow Chinchilla Condamine Dalby Drillham Dulacca Glenmorgan Jandowae Jimbour Kaimkillenbun Kogan Macalister Meandarra Miles Moonie Tara The Gums Wandoan Warra

Main Article: Local government areas of Queensland

v t e Darling Downs, Queensland

Cities:	Toowoomba Warwick

Townships:	Acland Allora Amiens Applethorpe Ballandean Bell Brigalow Bungunya Cambooya Cecil Plains Chinchilla Clifton Condamine Cooyar Crows Nest Dalby Dalveen Daymar Drillham Dulacca Goombungee Goondiwindi Gowrie Junction Greenmount Haden Hampton Highfields Inglewood Jandowae Jimbour Karara Kaimkillenbun Killarney Kingsthorpe Kogan Kulpi Leyburn Macalister Maclagan Maryvale Meandarra Meringandan Messines Miles Millmerran Moonie Nobby Oakey Passchendaele Peranga Pittsworth Pozieres Quinalow Stanthorpe Southbrook Talwood Texas Tara The Gums Thulimbah Toobeah Wallangarra Wandoan Warra Weengallon Wyberba Wyreema Yangan Yarraman Yelarbon

Local Government Areas:	Goondiwindi Region Southern Downs Region Toowoomba Region Western Downs Region

National Parks:	Bendidee Bunya Mountains Crows Nest Erringibba Girraween Main Range Mount Binga Southwood Sundown The Palms Wondul Range

Places of Interest:	Jimbour Canning Downs

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