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Purrawunda, Queensland

Purrawunda
Queensland
Silos at Purrawunda.jpg
Grain silos at the Beef City feedlot, 2014
Purrawunda is located in Queensland
Purrawunda
Purrawunda
Coordinates 27°31′S 151°37′E / 27.517°S 151.617°E / -27.517; 151.617Coordinates: 27°31′S 151°37′E / 27.517°S 151.617°E / -27.517; 151.617
Population 385 (2011)
Postcode(s) 4356
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Condamine
Suburbs around Purrawunda:
Yargullen Yargullen Aubigny
Mount Irving Purrawunda Aubigny
Mount Tyson Motley Motley

Purrawunda is a locality in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs in southern Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census Purrawunda and surrounds recorded a population of 385. The majority of the land in Purrawunda is used for agricultural purposes.

JBS Australia, a subsidiary of JBS S.A. owns Beef City at Purrawunda. The beef abattoir is co-located with a feedlot so that meat quality and animal welfare can be maintained.

Purrawunda means 'big fight' in the local Jagera language.

Australia's largest birdseed manufacturer, Avigrain has a mill at Purrawunda and processes and stores grain at the old Purrawunda Grainco silos.

Soils in the area feature dark, medium clays which are fertile and well drained.



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