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Wills is an
outback The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than Australian bush, the bush. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastli ...
locality in the Shire of Boulia,
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, Australia. In the , Wills had a population of 31 people.


Geography

Wills is in the Channel Country. All watercourses in this area are part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin, and most will dry up before their water reaches Lake Eyre. The predominant 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. The locality of Boulia is an "island" within Wills, which is contrary to the locality boundary principles of the
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.


Demographics

In the , Wills had a population of 14 people. In the , Wills had a population of 31 people.


Education

There are no schools in Wills. The nearest primary school is in Boulia. The nearest secondary schools are in Winton and Mount Isa which are both too far for a daily commute. The Spinifex State College in Mount Isa offers boarding facilities. Other boarding schools or distance education would be options.


References

{{Shire of Boulia Shire of Boulia Localities in Queensland