Tanbar is an outback

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in the

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, Australia. It is on the corner of Queensland's southern and western border with

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. In the Tanbar had a population of 3 people.

Geography

Haddon Corner is the point of Queensland's southern and western border with South Australia (). It is in the south-west of the locality.

Lake Yamma Yamma Lake Yamma Yamma is an ephemeral lake on the Cooper Creek system in the arid Channel Country of south-western Queensland, Australia. The lake, which is sometimes called Lake Mackillop, is the largest inland ephemeral lake in Queensland. Descr ...

(also known as Lake Mackillop) is in the centre of the locality (). It is and is

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, holding water only when

Cooper Creek The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its t ...

floods. It rarely fills (about every 25 to 30 years). It is Queensland's largest ephemeral lake. The Birdsville Developmental Road enters the locality from the north ( Farrars Creek), passes through the north of the locality, and exits to the north-west (

Birdsville Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Birdsville had a population of 110 people. It is a popular tourist destination with many people using it as a starting point acro ...

). Arrabury Road branches off from the Birdsville Developmental Road shortly after it enters the locality and then proceeds south-west and then south into

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(remaining west of Lake Yamma Yamma). The land use is

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on native vegetation.

History

The name ''Haddon Corner'' is derived from Haddon Downs, the pastoral property in the corner on the South Australian side. It was established in 1877 by pastoralists William and John Howie. In the Tanbar had a population of 3 people.

Heritage listings

Survey marker on post, Haddon Corner, 2019

Heritage-listed sites in Tanbar include: *

Haddon Corner Haddon Corner is a heritage-listed site in Tanbar, Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. It is in outback Channel Country at South-West Queensland, on the border corner with South Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register ...

, where a survey marker indicates the corner

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including: * Arrabury () * Curalle Tin Shed () * Gilpeppee Outstation () * Nulla Outstation () * Planet Downs Outstation, outstation of Arrabury () * Tanbar Station ()

Education

There are no schools in Tanbar and none nearby.

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and boarding schools are the options.

Transport

There are a number of airstrips in the locality, including: * Arrabury airstrip, serving the homestead () *Arrabury airstrip () *Planet Downs Outstation airstrip, serving the outstation () *Tanbar airstrip, serving the homestead ()

References

External links

{{Shire of Barcoo Shire of Barcoo Localities in Queensland