Dunrobin is a former rural locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dunrobin had a population of 14 people. On 22 November 2019 the Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resulting in five expanded localities based on the larger towns:

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Aramac Aramac is a rural town and locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Aramac had a population of 299 people. Geography Aramac is located north of Barcaldine, and by road from the state capital, Brisbane. It is situate ...

, Barcaldine,

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and Muttaburra. Dunrobin was mostly incorporated into Jericho, except for the south-east corner which was incorporated into Alpha and the south-west corner which was incorporated into Aramac.

Geography

The Great Dividing Range passes through the locality from north to south-east, creating a

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

. To the west of the range, the Alice River rises in the south-east of the locality and flows to the south ( Garfield) while Clara Creek rises in the south and flows to the west (

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), eventually becoming a tributary of the Thomson River. Both of these watercourses are within the

Lake Eyre drainage basin The Lake Eyre basin ( ) is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia. It is the largest endorheic basin in Australia and amongst the largest in the world, covering about , including much of inland Queensland, large po ...

. In contrast, Dunda Creek also rises in the south-east of the locality but to the east of range. Dunda Creek flows north through the locality exiting to the north-east ( Laglan), eventually contributing to the Burdekin River in the

North East Coast drainage basin The north-east coast drainage division or north-east coast basin is the area of Queensland between the Great Dividing Range and the Pacific Ocean. It lies between Torres Strait and an arbitrary line drawn along the Queensland - New South Wales bor ...

. In the south-east of the locality are two protected areas, the

Cudmore National Park Cudmore is a national park in Central West Queensland, Australia, 844 km northwest of Brisbane. The terrain of the park has an elevation of 398 meters. Wildlife 166 species of animals and 147 species of plants have been recorded in the pa ...

and the Cudmore Resources Reserve. Apart from the protected areas, the principal land use is Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation.

Education

There are no schools in Dunrobin. The nearest primary schools are in

and Mistake Creek, Queensland, Mistake Creek . The nearest secondary school is in Aramac but only offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For Years 11 and 12, the nearest schools are in Barcaldine and Clermont, Queensland, Clermont . However, the long driving times on the poor roads in this area make it unlikely that children could feasibly attend any of these schools. Boarding schools and distance education would be the alternatives.

References

{{Barcaldine Region Barcaldine Region Unbounded localities in Queensland