Brigalow, Queensland Brigalow, Queensland Brigalow is a town and locality in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is in the Western Downs Region local government area and on the Warrego Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2011 census, Brigalow and the surrounding area had a population of 404. Brigalow Post Office opened by November 1912 (a receiving office, originally named "Mulga", had been open from 1895) and closed around 1993. The Kogan Creek Power Station is located in Brigalow. At 750 MW, it is the largest single unit in Australia. Construction by a consortium led
Eastern states of Australia also includes: the Gold Coast, Queensland; Newcastle, New South Wales; and Wollongong, New South Wales as the three largest non-capital cities in the country. In terms of climate, the area is dominated by a humid subtropical zone, with some tropical (Queensland) and oceanic climate (Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales) zones. In most situations, the eastern states are defined as those who use Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), and that is the definition that this article will adhere to, unless noted. Since the 1980s, governments have proposed building a high-speed rail in Australia. However, this rail would only go