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Pechey, Queensland

Pechey
Queensland
Pechey State Forest.jpg
Pechey State Forest, 2014
Pechey is located in Queensland
Pechey
Pechey
Coordinates 27°18′25″S 152°02′56″E / 27.307°S 152.049°E / -27.307; 152.049Coordinates: 27°18′25″S 152°02′56″E / 27.307°S 152.049°E / -27.307; 152.049
Postcode(s) 4352
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Condamine
Federal Division(s) Groom
Localities around Pechey:
Whichello Crows Nest Crows Nest
Whichello Pechey Grapetree
Groomsville Merritts Creek
Hampton
Grapetree

Pechey is a small rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

The New England Highway passes through the centre of the town. Pechey State Forest occupies the entire south east corner of the area.

The town was named after Edward Wilmot Pechey (Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Aubigny 1873-1877). He was also a surveyor and sawmill owner. Pechey Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1888) and closed in 1971.

Pechey has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:



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