Riversleigh, Queensland
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Riversleigh is a rural
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in the
Shire of Murweh The Shire of Murweh is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Maranoa, Queensland, Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville ...
,
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia. In the , Riversleigh had a population of 6 people.


History

The locality takes its name from the parish, which in turn took its name from a pastoral station. The name appears on the 1887 Post Master General's map of Queensland. The name of the pastoral station is thought to reflect its situation on Angellala Creek, near its junction with the
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 north ...
. The locality was officially bounded on 28 March 2002.


Demographics

In the , Riversleigh had a population of 16 people. In the , Riversleigh had a population of 6 people.


Road infrastructure

The
Warrego Highway The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...
passes to the north and the
Mitchell Highway Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the central and south western regions of Queensland and the northern and central western regions of New South Wales in Australia. The southern part of Mitchell Highway forms part of t ...
to the west.


See also

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Riversleigh World Heritage Area Riversleigh World Heritage Area is Australia's most famous fossil location, recognised for the series of well preserved fossils deposited from the Late Oligocene to more recent geological periods. The fossiliferous limestone system is located n ...
* Riversleigh Station


References

{{Shire of Murweh Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland