Jobs Gate Queensland Map
Explore Jobs Gate, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Jobs Gate, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Locality | Jobs Gate |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Paroo Shire |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -28.75715 |
| Longitude | 146.72805 |
| Area | 1468.5 km² |
| Postcode | 4490 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 634 km west-southwest |
About Jobs Gate, Queensland
Jobs Gate is a locality in the Paroo Shire local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 1468.5 km². It lies approximately 634 km west-southwest of Brisbane. Jobs Gate is located at 28.7571°S, 146.7280°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4490. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Jobs Gate is a place where the earth hums with a quiet, ancient patience, a subtle warmth radiating from the ochre-stained ground even as the sun begins its descent. It lies 431.6 km north-north-west of Dubbo, NSW (from Dubbo, NSW: bearing 335°T), and is situated 51.6 km north of Weilmoringle. The landscape here is a study in muted colours, a vast canvas painted with the pale golds of dry grasses, the dusty greens of resilient shrubs, and the endless, pale blue of the Queensland sky. The air, when it stirs, carries the faint, dry scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers. Low, scrubby vegetation clings to the gentle slopes, punctuated by the stark, elegant silhouettes of scattered mulga trees, their branches reaching out like gnarled fingers against the wide horizon. This is country that asks for little, but offers a profound sense of stillness, a quiet grandeur that settles deep within the bones.
The history of Jobs Gate is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land. For generations, this region has been shaped by the wool industry, the lifeblood of the Paroo Shire, where hardy sheep have grazed these sparse paddocks, their presence a gentle punctuation in the vastness. The economy, once solely reliant on the fortunes of the fleece, now shows a quiet diversification, with a growing appreciation for the unique character of the area attracting a trickle of travellers seeking an authentic outback experience. There are no bustling centres here, no grand edifices, just the enduring rhythm of the seasons and the quiet resilience of a community that understands the deep connections between people and the land they inhabit, a place where the past whispers in the rustle of the dry grass.
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About This Jobs Gate Map Page
This page provides a street and satellite map of Jobs Gate, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Jobs Gate, in the Paroo Shire local government area.
Detailed location data for Jobs Gate includes the postcode (4490), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Paroo Shire), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Jobs Gate is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |
