Purrawunda Queensland |
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Grain silos at the Beef City feedlot, 2014
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Coordinates | 27°31′S 151°37′E / 27.517°S 151.617°ECoordinates: 27°31′S 151°37′E / 27.517°S 151.617°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 385 (2011) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4356 | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
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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.