The Gums, Queensland

The Gums is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. At the, The Gums and the surrounding area had a population of 169.GeographyThe town is at the junction of the Leichhardt Highway and the Surat Developmental Road on the Darling Downs, 329km west of the state capital, Brisbane.HistoryThe name of the town was derived from the nearby railway station, on the Western railway line from Dalby to Glenmorgan, used from 1924.The Gums State School opened on 27 January 1913.EducationThe Gums State School is a government co-educational primary school at 12051 Coomrith Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 27 students with 4 teachers with 5 non-teaching staff .FacilitiesThe Gums has a small cemetery. One of the headstones is for the first headmaster of The Gums State School, Alexander Davison who died on 7 November 1916.