Callandoon is a rural
locality in the
Goondiwindi Region
The Goondiwindi Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia along the state's border with New South Wales. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas which d ...
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Queensland
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It is on the
border of Queensland and
New South Wales
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In the , Callandoon had a population of 33 people.
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Geography
The Macintyre River forms the southern boundary of the locality which is also part of the border between Queensland and New South Wales
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History
Callandoon pastoral station was established in the mid 1840s by the prominent colonial capitalist and New South Wales
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politician Augustus Morris. Strong Aboriginal resistance to the British occupancy of their lands in the area induced Morris and other prominent landholders such as William Wentworth
William Charles Wentworth (August 179020 March 1872) was an Australian pastoralist, explorer, newspaper editor, lawyer, politician and author, who became one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures of early colonial New South Wales.
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to organise a Native Police
Australian native police units, consisting of Aboriginal troopers under the command (usually) of at least one white officer, existed in various forms in all Australian mainland colonies during the nineteenth and, in some cases, into the twentiet ...
force to crush the indigenous recalcitrance. Frederick Walker was the first Commandant of this force and through violent and coercive measures, he was able to place the area under British control by 1850. Callandoon became the headquarters of the Native Police until 1853.
Callendoon Provisional School opened on 1893 and closed on 1893, operating for only a few months.
In the , Callandoon had a population of 33 people.
References
{{Goondiwindi Region
Goondiwindi Region
Localities in Queensland