Amby

Amby is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.

Amby is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Amby had a population of 86 people.

Amby takes its name from the Amby Creek; Amby is possibly a word meaning "little girl" in Kogai dialect of Mandandanji language.The Amby Downs pastoral station is believed to have been established before 1860.A postal receiving office opened at Amby around 1883, and became a post office around 1900; it continues to operate out of the Amby Store.Amby Provisional School opened on 26 February 1894 and became Amby State School in 1901.It closed on 19 September 1997. The school was in School Street (26.5469°S 148.1858°E? / -26.5469; 148.1858? (Amby State School (former))).Freeman's Waterhole Provisional School opened on 8 March 1920. In 1923 it was renamed Hampstead Provisional School. It closed on 30 May 1930.In the 2011 census, Amby had a population of 139 people.In the 2016 census the locality of Amby had a population of 86 people.