Nebo is a small town in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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, located 100 km south-west of the city of Mackay

Mackay, Queensland

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 on the Peak Downs Highway

Peak Downs Highway

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. At the 2006 census

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, Nebo had a population of 282.

Pastoralists settled in the Nebo region as early as the 1860s. The district was named by explorer William Landsborough, after the Babylonian god Nabu

Nabu

Nabu is the Assyrian and Babylonian god of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the grandson of Ea. Nabu's consort was Tashmetum....

 (Hebrew: Nebo). http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=23978

The local economy has traditionally relied on agriculture. Coal-mining also plays a significant role in the local economy, with eleven coal mines located in the Nebo district.

See also

• Shire of Nebo
  Shire of Nebo
  Shire of Nebo is a Local Government Area in north Queensland, Australia. The shire contains the towns of Coppabella, Glenden and the administrative centre, Nebo....
  
   - the former local government in the area
• Mount Britton
  Mount Britton, Queensland
  Mount Britton is a historical township in Nebo Shire, Queensland, Australia. The township began in 1881 with the discovery of a gold field, and at its height had a population of 1500 inhabitants...
  
  - nearby town