Columboola is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Columboola had a population of 72 people. Geography The town of Columboola is slightly north-east of the centre of the locality. The Warrego Highway enters the locality from the east (Goombi), passes through the town, and exits the locality to the west (Miles). The Western railway line runs immediately parallel to the highway, also passing through the town which was served by the now-abandoned Columboola railway station (). Just west of the town, the railway has a balloon loop with the Cameby Downs railway station () serving the Camby Downs coal mine. Dogwood is a neighbourhood in the south-west of the locality (). It takes its name from Dogwood Creek, named by naturalist and explorer Ludwig Leichhardt on 23 October 1844, because of the profusion of dogwood shrubs (Jacksonia sp.) in the area. History The town takes its name from Columboola Creek, an Aboriginal word, meaning plenty of white cockatoos. Columboola Provisional School opened on 20 July 1896 with 20 students. On 1 January 1909, it became Columboola State School. From 1942 through World War II, the school was closed so it could be used in connection with the ammunition storage facility on Cameby Downs. The school building was relocated to Miles State School. On 23 October 1954, Columboola State School reopened with a new building. It closed permanently on 28 April 1978. The school was at 25 Boort Koi Road (). Since 1991, the school site has been used by the Columboola Environmental Education Centre. Dogwood Provisional School opened in January 1925. In 1928, the Queensland Government decided that a better building was needed and relocated the Condamine Road State School building (the school having been closed for some years) to Dogwood where it opened as the Dogwood State School on 1 July 1929. It closed in March 1940. It was located immediately south of Columboola Creek and west of Freemans Road (approx ). In the early 1920s, the area had an active Scottish association, the Columboola and District Caledonian Society, which held their first highland gathering on New Year's Day 1923. They even had sufficient people to form a pipe band. During World War II in 1942, an ammunition storage facility was built at Columboola adjacent to the railway line with a camp for 50 men. The site