Malbon, Queensland

Malbon
Malbon
Town
	Streetscape, Malbon, circa 1940
	Malbon
	Coordinates: 21°04′27″S 140°18′05″E / 21.0741°S 140.3013°E
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
City	Kuridala
LGA	Shire of Cloncurry;
Location	19.3 km (12.0 mi) NE of Kuridala ; 57.7 km (35.9 mi) SW of Cloncurry ; 157 km (98 mi) SE of Mount Isa ; 841 km (523 mi) WSW of Townsville ; 1,764 km (1,096 mi) NW of Brisbane ;
Government
• State electorate	Traeger;
• Federal division	Kennedy;
Time zone	UTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode	4824

Malbon is a town in the locality of Kuridala in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

History

The Town of Malbon is shown on a 1910 survey plan.^[1]

Malbon Provisional School opened on 7 November 1911. It became Malbon State School on 1 June 1916. It closed on 8 August 1969.^[2] The school was located at the southern end of town on the Malbon Selwyn Road (21°04′31″S 140°18′07″E / 21.0754°S 140.3019°E / -21.0754; 140.3019 (Malbon State School (former))).^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Malbon – town in Shire of Cloncurry (entry 20691)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
^ "Town map of Malbon". Queensland Government. 1960. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.