Brigalow, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Brigalow is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

[4] The Condamine River enters the locality from the south-east (Kogan / Warra) and exits to the north-west (Hopeland / Boonarga).

[4] Crops grown in the area include wheat, barley, sorghum, chick peas, and cotton.

[6][7] In September 1862, the Queensland Government held a land sale of town, suburban, and country lots.

[9] It was located on a L-shaped land parcel on the kink in Jones Road (26°52′29″S 150°48′16″E / 26.8747°S 150.8044°E / -26.8747; 150.8044 (Mulga State School (former).)).

[17] It was opened by the Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Minister for Mines and Energy Geoff Wilson on 27 November 2007.

It is an open-cut mine which supplies the power station with approximately 2.5Mt of coal each year.

[13] From the town to the south of locality is within petroleum leases held by Arrow CSG (Australia) and Australian CBM to extract coal seam gas.

[4] The extraction of coal seam gas within farming districts is controversial in Australia due to concerns that groundwater under prime grazing and cropping land could be contaminated.

[19] In April 2018 one operator in Hopeland (to the immediate west of Brigalow), Linc Energy, was fined $4.5 million in May 2019 for causing environmental harm through its underground coal gasification plant.

Brigalow State School
Brigalow Public Hall