Drillham is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia. The town is located on the Warrego Highway

Warrego Highway

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 and in the Western Downs Region Local Government Area, 358 kilometres (222.5 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane

Brisbane

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. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Drillham and the surrounding area had a population of 272.

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. The town and the creek were originally known as 'Delerium' due to the typhoid fever that struck this camp. Today, Drillham is a centre for the production of livestock and grains.