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Cunnamulla
Cunnamulla () is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, the locality of Cunnamulla had a population of 1,233. Geography Cunnamulla lies on the Warrego River in South West Queensland within the Murray–Darling basin, Murray–Darling drainage basin. It flows from the north (Coongoola) through the town, which is in the centre of the locality, and exits to the south (Tuen, Queensland, Tuen). The Mitchell Highway passes through the locality from north (Coongoola) to south (Tuen), while the Balonne Highway enters the location from the east (Linden, Queensland, Linden). The two highways intersect in the town, which is located in the centre of the locality. The Bulloo Developmental Road starts in Cunnamulla and exits the locality to the west (Eulo, Queensland, Eulo). C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shire Of Paroo
The Shire of Paroo is a Local government in Australia, 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 of Paroo had a population of 1,679 people. Geography The region incorporates the towns of Cunnamulla, Yowah, Eulo, Queensland, Eulo and Wyandra, Queensland, Wyandra, with Cunnamulla being the hub of the Shire and is centrally situated on the crossroads of the Shire of Balonne, Balonne and Mitchell Highway, Mitchell Highways. Cunnamulla, meaning "long stretch of water", gets its name from the Warrego River which flows past the town. The Paroo Shire is bounded by the Open Mitchell Grass Flood Plains in the East to the Yowah opal fields where the Yowah nut is found and the Mulga Lands, Mulga lands to the West. Main industries within the Shire are beef, Goat meat, goat, fat Lamb and mutton, lamb, wool, Opal, opal mining and Tourism in Australia, tourism. Locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Coongoola, Queensland
Coongoola is a rural locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coongoola had a population of 16 people. Geography The Mitchell Highway enters the locality from the north (Wyandra) and exits to the south (Cunnamulla). The Warrego River enters the locality from the north (Wynandra) and exits to the south-west (Cunnamulla). It is an intermittent braided river that contributes to the Murray Darling river system. The land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The Western railway line opened to Cunnamulla in October 1898. It passed through Coongoola with the locality served by (from north to south): * Mirrabooka railway station () * Offham railway station () * Coongoola railway station () * Kubill railway station () * Nardoo railway station () In September 1922, Coongoola was visited by many scientific teams as well as the public because it was particularly well-located to view the solar eclipse as it had the longest period of totality of the ecl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
South West Queensland
South West Queensland is a remote region in the Australian state of Queensland which covers . The region lies to the south of Central West Queensland and west of the Darling Downs and includes the Maranoa, Queensland, Maranoa district and parts of the Channel Country. The area is noted for its cattle grazing, cotton farming, opal mining and oil and gas deposits. At the federal level the whole region is encompassed by the Division of Maranoa. Local Government areas included in the region are Maranoa Region, Shire of Balonne, Shire of Paroo, Shire of Murweh, Shire of Bulloo and the Shire of Quilpie. South West Queensland has a population of 26,489. The region is serviced by the ABC Western Queensland radio station. History Indigenous Aboriginal society traded objects based on need and to promote social cohesion. The South West region of Queensland was the primary source of the traded plant Duboisia hopwoodii, from which a traditional chewing tobacco was made. Kamilaroi language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 , the locality of Thargomindah had a population of 243 people. On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government decided to reorganise the nine localities in the Shire of Bulloo, resulting in six localities. Thargomindah, previously being of the area immediately surrounding the town of Thargomindah, was enlarged through the incorporation of all of Bullawarra (except for a small portion in the south of Bullawarra which was absorbed into Bulloo Downs), all of Dynevor and all of Norley, creating a locality of . Geography Thargominah is located in South West Queensland on the Adventure Way, approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the town of Cunnamulla. The town of Thargomindah is the administrative centre for the Shire of Bulloo. It lies on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wyandra, Queensland
Wyandra is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wyandra had a population of 78 people. Geography The Warrego River flows from north to south through the locality. The Mitchell Highway also passes from north to south through the locality to the east and roughly parallel with the river. The town is in roughly the centre of the locality just to the east of the river and west of the highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and north of Cunnamulla. History The region was first colonised by the British in 1861 when Henry and Frederick Weaver formed the Claverton Downs pastoral run on the Warrego River. The Weavers were from the English town of Bath, and named their property after Claverton Down near Bath. In the mid 1860s the Claverton Native Police barracks were established on Claverton Downs. Claverton was renamed Wyandra in 1896. The town grew with the completion of the Western railway line from Charlevill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Widgeegoara, Queensland
Widgeegoara is a rural locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , Widgeegoara had a population of 19 people. Geography Noorama Creek and Widgeegoara Creek flow through the locality from the north-west (Cunnamulla) to the south ( Noorama). These creeks are distributaries of the Warrego River. The predominant land use is grazing of cattle and sheep. History The locality's name come from the parish and creek of the same name, which in turn was the name of a pastoral run used since 1867. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word combination meaning ''turn around quickly''. In 1878, the Widgeegoara Station was described when offered for sale as: ''The well-known Widgeegoara Station, in the Warrego district, situate about 180 miles from Bourke, and containing about 180 square miles of magnificent sheep country, consisting of open plains, heavily grassed with blue, barley, and other grasses and herbage, and saltbush in abundance, and is of the most fattening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eulo, Queensland
Eulo ( ) is an outback town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is known for its opal mining. In the , the locality of Eulo had a population of 94 people. Geography Eulo is west of Cunnamulla, Queensland, Cunnamulla and west of Brisbane. The town is located beside and to the east of the Paroo River which flows in a roughly north–south direction. This results in flooding events that affects people, livestock, and wildlife. With Cyclone Audrey in mid-January 1964, the town experienced of rain in one twenty-four hour period, which was double the previous record of 1887. Former-2024–25 Australian region cyclone season#Tropical Cyclone Dianne, Cyclone Dianne saw flood waters came south from Longreach, resulting in the Paroo breaching the town's levee on Saturday, 29 March 2025. Occupants of only three houses were impacted, and sixty persons in the town otherwise unaffected. The Bulloo Developmental Road (pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Linden, Queensland
Linden is a rural locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , Linden had "no people or a very low population". Geography Linden is in the Channel Country. It is flat land, about 180 to 200 metres above sea level. The Balonne Highway passes from east ( Nebine) to west (Cunnamulla) through the southern part of the locality. The land use is grazing on native vegetation. Demographics In the , Linden had a population of 20 people. In the , Linden had "no people or a very low population". Education There are no schools in Linden. The nearest government primary schools are Wyandra State School in neighbouring Wyandra to the north-west and Cunnamulla State School in neighbouring Cunnamulla to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is also Cunnamulla State School (to Year 12). However, for many parts of the locality, the distances involved will be too long for a daily commute. Other options are distance education Distance education, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Balonne Highway
The Balonne Highway, a state highway of Queensland, is the continuation westward of State Route 49 (Moonie Highway) from the town of St George to its termination at Cunnamulla. There are no large settlements between St George and Cunnamulla. Upgrades Levee bank at Bollon A project to construct a levee bank across the highway on the western side of , at a cost of $1.8 million, was completed in June 2021. Roads of Strategic Importance upgrades The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following projects for the Balonne Highway. Corridor upgrade A lead project to upgrade the Townsville to Roma corridor, including sections of the Carnarvon, Dawson, Gregory and Balonne Highways and surrounding state and council roads, at an estimated cost of $125 million, commenced construction of some work projects in 2020. Planning continues for other projects. St George breakdown pad A project to construct a breakdown pad on the Balonne Highway at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cuttaburra, Queensland
Cuttaburra is a rural locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales. In the , Cuttaburra had a population of 22 people. Geography Cuttaburra Creek is a tributary of the Warrego River, joining it south of Cunnamulla. The creek forms the north-east boundary of the locality. The southern boundary of the locality is the border of Queensland with New South Wales ( latitude 29 South). In 1916, geologist and palaeontologist Robert Etheridge described the area as having "shifting" sand hills and claypans. The shifting sand hills were of colours that varied by colour from a yellowish tint to a deep brick red and were up to 50 feet in height. He observed that the wind drove these shifting sand hills along over time. He said that the claypans were:"shallow depressions, more or less oval or circular in outline, large or small, distributed throughout the red soil country, treeless, often bearing a copious growth of grass, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 meets the Cooper Developmental Road at . Updates Widen and seal A project to widen and seal sections of the road, at a cost of $4.5 million, was due to commence in October 2021. Locations on the route From east to west: * Cunnamulla ( * Eulo () * Lake Bindegolly National Park in Dynevor () * Thargomindah () Major intersections References See also Vincent James Dowling Vincent James Dowling (11 January 1835 – 5 November 1903) was an Australian explorer and pastoralist. Early life Dowling was born in Sydney in 1835 to the solicitor Willoughby James Dowling and his wife Lilias Dickson. His grand uncle was Si ... Highways in Queensland South West Queensland {{Australia-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Warrego River
The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Warrego River is the northernmost tributary of the Darling River. Course and features The river rises from below Mount Ka Ka Mundi in the Carnarvon Range, near Tambo in Queensland, and flows generally south, reaching its confluence with the Darling River, downstream from Bourke. The river is joined by thirty-seven tributaries, including the Nive and Langlo rivers; descending over its course. The river flows through a series of reservoirs, including the Dillalah Waterhole, Ten Mile Waterhole, Lower Lila Dam, Six Mile Dam, Turtle Waterhole, and Boera Dam. The towns of Augathella, Charleville, Wyandra and Cunnamulla are located on the banks of the river. Inflows Most of the basin of the Warrego is too dry for cropping and has a very erratic rainfall of bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
