Condamine (Queensland)

Condamine is a town and a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census, Condamine had a population of 426.Condamine is claimed to be the location of the invention of the 'Condamine Bell', a small bell made from sheet metal used to locate herds of cattle.GeographyThe town is 333km north west of the state capital Brisbane and 34km south from the town of Miles, in the Western Downs Region local government area. It is located in the centre of the locality.The Leichhardt Highway traverses the locality from north to south passing through the town.The Condamine River passes to the west of the town.The Roma to Brisbane gas pipeline passes to the south of Condamine. There are two gas compression facilities to the east of Condamine. This location is the intersection of the Roma to Brisbane pipeline, the Peat/Scotia Lateral and the Braemar Line Pack Pipeline.HistoryTieryboo Post Office opened on 21 May 1856. It was renamed Condamine in July of that year.Condamine State School opened in 1863.On 30 December 2010, flooding forced evacuation of the town, with the level of the river expected to exceed. The town was evacuated twice in 10 days during January 2011 as the rains continued and caused flash floods. The first flood peaked at.