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Warwick
Town hall in Warwick, Queensland, Austl.
Warwick
Queensland, Australia
Warwick, city, southeastern Queensland, Australia, on the Condamine River, in the southern Darling Downs. It became associated with sheep breeding in 1840 when Patrick Leslie, the area’s first settler, who later played a prominent role in the movement for separating Queensland from New South Wales, moved his flock from New South Wales. Dairying and wheat farming are now the main economic factors. Irrigation is provided by Leslie Dam on nearby Sandy Creek. Named after Warwick, England, it was proclaimed a town in 1861 and a city in 1936. Pop. (2006) local government area, 21,534; (2011) 13,376.
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