Evora is a former rural

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in the

Barcaldine Region The Barcaldine Region is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas which had existed for over a century. It has an estimated operating budget of ...

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, Australia. In the , Evora had a population of 0 people. On 22 November 2019, the

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decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, resulting in five expanded localities based on the larger towns:

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Aramac Aramac is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Aramac had a population of 372 people. Geography Aramac is located north of Barcaldine, Queensl ...

, Barcaldine,

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and

Muttaburra Muttaburra is an outback town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. Muttaburra was the discovery site of the ''Muttaburrasaurus'', one of Australia's most famous dinosaurs. In the , t ...

. Evora was incorporated into Barcaldine.

Geography

The

Landsborough Highway Landsborough Highway is a highway in western Queensland, Australia, running in the northwest–southeast direction from Morven to Cloncurry. The Landsborough Highway runs through vast tracts of land that was once occupied by William Landsboro ...

forms part of the south-western boundary of the locality. Evora Creek rises in the south-east of the locality and flows through the locality exiting to the north-west ( Narbethong), eventually becoming a tributary of the Alice River. The principal land use is

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from the pastoral run, which was named by Mr Williams after the residence in St Kilda,

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, of banker Francis Grey Smith, who was Williams' cousin. The house was named after the city of Evora in

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. In October 1892 the Evora wool shed in Evora was destroyed in a fire.

Education

There are no schools in Evora. The nearest primary and secondary schools are in Barcaldine and

Blackall Blackall is a rural town and locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is the service centre for the Blackall-Tambo Region. The dominant industry in the area is grazing with over 70 homesteads in the locality (as ...

References

{{Barcaldine Region Barcaldine Region Former localities in Queensland