Ballaroo is a semi-arid rural

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in the

Maranoa Region Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region. History The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the ...

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, Australia. In the , Ballaroo had a population of 51 people.

Geography

The Cogoon River ( Muckadilla Creek) flows, most often with little flow, through the locality from the north ( Mount Abundance) to the south-east ( Weribone) where it becomes a tributary of the

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. Mount First View is in the centre of the locality () rising to above sea level. It was named on 3 May 1846 by the New South Wales Surveyor General, Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.

History

The colonial surveyor-general Thomas Mitchell and party followed the Cogoon River from the Balonne to Mount Abundance, when passing through this area in 1846.

Demographics

In the , Ballaroo had a population of 41 people. In the , Ballaroo had a population of 51 people.

Education

There are no schools in Ballaroo. The nearest government primary schools are Dunkeld State School in neighbouring

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to the west, Begonia State School in neighbouring

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to the south-west and Roma State College in

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to the north-west. THe nearest government secondary school is Roma State College in Roma, but it is so distant that

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and boarding school would be other options.

References

{{Maranoa Region Maranoa Region Localities in Queensland