Jimbour is a town in the northern Darling Downs region of Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia. The town is located in the Western Downs Region Local Government area, 236 kilometres (146.6 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane

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. At the 2006 census

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, Jimbour and the surrounding area had a population of 185.

The town name was first used by 1841 by Henry Dennis for his pastoral run, with the apparent meaning of either "sheep" or "good grass" in an unrecorded Aboriginal language.

Facilities in the town include a primary school, a post office, butchery and a town hall.