Cheepie, Queensland
Cheepie is a town in the locality of Adavale in Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia.History
is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Margany people. The Margany language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Quilpie Shire, taking in Quilpie, Cheepie and Beechal extending towards Eulo and Thargomindah, as well as the properties of Dynevor Downs and Ardoch.
Gunya is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gunya people. The Gunya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Paroo Shire Council, taking in Cunnamulla and extending north towards Augathella, east towards Bollon and west towards Thargomindah.
Cheepie Provisional School opened on 14 October 1915 but closed in June 1917. On 9 June 1930 Cheepie Provisional School reopened at a new site. It became Cheepie State School in 1933. It closed on 11 April 1974.
The town takes its name from the Cheepie railway station on the Western railway line named in 1917 by Queensland Railways Department, reportedly an Aboriginal word, meaning the call of the whistling duck.
The Royal Mail was the first hotel in Cheepie, opening its door in 1926.
