Cabarlah

Cabarlah is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

Cabarlah is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Cabarlah had a population of 1,075 people.

In the 1860s to 1883 the area was called Five-Mile Camp. The name Cabarlah was used after Crows Nest railway line (from Toowoomba to Crows Nest) was built. It is thought that the name Cabarlah derived from an Aboriginal expression describing the ring-tailed possum. However, a 1930 newspaper article claims it is a “Native name of the mountains in the neighbourhood”.The Queensland Government set aside land for the Geham Cemetery (now the Cabarlah Cemetery) on 11 September 1878. Trustees were appointed on 2 January 1880 with the first burials occurring in 1881.Highfields No 2 State School opened on 27 March 1871. In 1875 it was renamed Geham State School in 1875.The Borneo Barracks were originally established as a World War I training area.Cabarlah Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1884).Since the Second World War, Cabarlah has also had a significant role as a base for the Australian Army. It was home to elements of the 7th Brigade early in the war. Later in the war it became a hub for signals and other training. Cabarlah is now home to the 7th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) and other Australian Defence Force signals facilities.St Martin's Anglican Church was opened at the Cabarlah Barracks in 1959 but closed circa 1961.The Cabarlah Community School opened in Wirraglen Road, Highfields, on 23 January 2006. It used the Reggio Emilia teaching philosophy. In March 2008 it was closed when the Queensland Government's Non-State Schools Accreditation Board refused to accredit the school, claiming it did not meet the requirements of the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2001. Although the school appealed the decision, the Queensland Education Minister, Rod Weldford, upheld the board's decision.In the 2016 census the locality of Cabarlah had a population of 1,075 people. 83.6% of people were born in Australia and 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 22.5% and Anglican 18.2%.

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