Eulo is an

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town and

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in the

Shire of Paroo The Shire of Paroo is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre is the town of Cunnamulla. The Paroo Shire covers an area of . In the , the Shire had a population of 1,679. The region incorporates t ...

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, Australia. In the , Eulo had a population of 95 people. It is known for its opal mining.

Geography

Eulo is west of

Cunnamulla Cunnamulla () is a town and a locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the , Cunnamulla had a population of 1,140 people. Geography Cunnamulla ...

and west of

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. The town is located beside and to the east of the

Paroo River The Paroo River, a series of waterholes, connected in wet weather as a running stream of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the South West region of Queensland and Far West region of New South Wales, Austra ...

which flows in a roughly north–south direction. The

Bulloo Developmental Road The Bulloo Developmental Road is an outback road in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Adventure Way, a route from Brisbane to Adelaide via the Australian outback. It commences at Cunnamulla and travels approximately west for until it ...

(part of the Adventure Way) connects Eulo to Cunnamulla to the east and

Thargomindah Thargomindah (frequently shortened to Thargo) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. The town of Thargomindah is the administrative centre for the Shire of Bulloo. In the , Thargomindah had a population of ...

to the west.

History

Prior to white settlement, Eulo was in the area of the Kalali tribe. Margany (also known as Marganj, Mardigan, Marukanji, Maranganji) is an

Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

spoken by the Margany people. The Margany language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Quilpie Shire, taking in

Quilpie Quilpie ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , Quilpie had a population of 595 people. The town is the administrative centre of the Quilpie Shire local government area. The town of Toompine ...

, Cheepie and Beechal extending towards Eulo and

, as well as the properties of Dynevor Downs and Ardoch. The town takes its name from a settlement on the Paroo River first appearing on an 1872 map of Queensland map. The post office opened on 6 September 1872; the first postmaster was the publican William Shearer. A town reserve was proclaimed in 1874 described as "near the Eulo waterhole". A police station was established about 1 January 1880. A Court of Petty Sessions was established on 18 August 1880 and operated until 31 December 1964. A telegraph office opened in 1881. Eulo Provisional School opened on 7 May 1888. On 1 January 1909 it became Eulo State School. The telephone exchange opened in 1923. St Francis' Anglican Church was dedicated by Archbishop Reginald Halse on 15 September 1957. Its closure on 12 June 2010 was approved by Archbishop Phillip Aspinall. In the , Eulo had a population of 108. In the , Eulo had a population of 95 people.

Heritage listings

* 1929 Building of Eulo State School

Facilities

Eulo has one pub and a small general store as well as Outback Petrol. The general store and fuel bowsers were destroyed by fire on 25 July 2011. They have since been rebuilt.

Education

Eulo State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at Leo Street (). The enrolments between 2010 and 2012 have ranged from 11 to 16 students. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). Some students travel up to each day to attend school, while other students live in the Eulo and District Hostel during the week in order to attend. After completing primary school in Eulo, most students attend a secondary boarding school in

Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 C ...

Events

Eulo once hosted the World Lizard Racing Championships on their Paroo Track, but environmentalists put an end to that annual event.

Notable residents

* Isabel Gray (better known as the ''Eulo Queen'') was a publican, storekeeper and prostitute

Gallery

Eulo Police Cell.jpg, Police Cell Eulo Bore.jpg, English Bore Eulo General Store 01.jpg, General Store

References

External links

* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Mining towns in Queensland Shire of Paroo Localities in Queensland