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Quilpie
Looking for colour In these parts there s plenty of it to be found both in the stories relating to the early settlement of the region and also that precious colour of boulder opal which is sought from beneath the ...
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Aramac
Aramac serves as the centre point for local industries such as sheep and cattle It is located kilometres north of Barcaldine and the area was first explored by Europeans and settled in the s The town was named after Robert ...
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Cunnamulla
At the intersection of two major stock routes an outback town was born acirc thriving undoubtedly because of a river s course which gave the town its name Cunnamulla is an Aboriginal term for acirc long stretch of water and ...
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Augathella
Augathella with its slogan Home of the Meat Ant is a centre for the graziers of the area The primary industries are sheep cattle kangaroos and timber Augathella is situated at the junction of the Landsborough Highway and the road ...
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Barcaldine
Barcaldine s charming facade one that has earned it the tag of Garden City of the West hides tumultuous tales of a controversial past In five years after the railway push into the Outback established the township Barcaldine became the ...
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Barringun
Once a border customs post between Queensland and New South Wales Barringun is acirc real outback acirc with so many great legends to share Call in for a thirst quencher at the hundred-plus year old Barringun pub Tattersall acirc s ...
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Bedourie
Another historic town Bedourie started life in the s as a major watering and rest stop for drovers and cattle Cobb and Co coaches serviced the town Today Bedourie is the administrative centre of the Diamantina Shire Council and has ...
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Birdsville
Birdsville between the sands of the Simpson Desert and the gibber plains of Sturt s Stony Desert is the starting point of the famous Birdsville Track which stretches to the south with the Simpson Desert to the west Birdsville began ...
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Blackall
Blackall is where shearing legend Jack Howe set a world record shearing sheep in seven hours and forty minutes with blade shears It actually took another years before anyone could match his feat and that was with machine shears The ...
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Boulia
Boulia is located kilometres south of Mount Isa at the junction of the Diamantina and Kennedy Development Roads The town s fame largely rests with its association to the Min Min Light a strange spectral light that can appear hover ...
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Camooweal
Camooweal is located on the Queensland-Northern Territory border kilometres south of Burketown kilometres from Mount Isa and kilometres from the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory Camooweal proudly declares itself Gateway to the Northern Territory Queensland The road from Mount ...
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Charleville
Charleville is in the heart of Queensland s mulga country It is the largest town in the south west of the Outback region and was gazetted in and later named by the Government surveyor of the day Mr WA Tully ...
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Cheepie
Cheepie is the friendly acirc ghost town acirc of the Outback The township formed when the railway first came through in and gradually grew to have a police station blacksmith railway station tent boarding houses butcher shop bakery and two ...
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Cloncurry
The copper mines of Cloncurry quickly made this town one of the most prosperous in the Outback Down through the years since the copper lode was discovered in Cloncurry has hosted a plethora of other historic occasions It was here ...
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Cooladdi
This historical town started as a railway siding In its heyday the town was a major trading centre with the population growing up to residents and then they slowly drifted away Now there is a town hall railway station and ...
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Corfield
A tiny historic town it may be with its resident population of seven but it has a big heart A former Cobb and Co Coach staging point it is the social centre for local graziers and their families The Corfield ...
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Dajarra
Once the largest trucking depot in the world Dajarra is now a quiet laid back town in the far north of Outback Queensland The older people of the area who remember Dajarra s heyday say that the area trucked more ...
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Duchess
In earlier days Duchess was an important railway and mining town which has declined since the advent of road transport Today relive the glory days over a drink or two at the local Duchess Hotel where the beer and stories ...
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Eromanga
Searching for an acirc out of the way acirc place Then Eromanga is your town Virtually untouched by travellers the town is surrounded by vast sheep and cattle properties Reputedly the town farthest from the sea in Australia Eromanga is ...
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Eulo
Eulo is a small town but seems to capture the spirit and atmosphere of Queensland s Outback Once the bustling main centre for the opal miners the area was chosen for settlement given its proximity to a good waterhole on ...
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Hughenden
Hughenden is located half-way between Townsville and Mount Isa on the Flinders Highway North West Queensland and is the major centre of the Flinders Shire which includes the centres of Prairie Torrens Creek and Stamford Hughenden is situated on the ...
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Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe named after a small town in Devonshire England originated in as a transport nucleus for Wellshot Station the largest sheep station in the world at the time in terms of stock numbers The town had three hotels each with ...
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Isisford
Located in The Outer Barcoo Isisford was established in by William and James Whitman who were travelling through the country When crossing the Barcoo River they broke an axle on their wagon and decided to stay nearby They built a ...
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Julia Creek
Julia Creek is located on the Overlander s Way the main route from Townsville that runs west to Mount Isa and on to Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory Julia Creek started to grow when the railway line was extended ...
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Jundah
Jundah is the administration centre of the Barcoo Shire With a population of approximately people it is the largest of the three towns within the Shire The district was originally settled by the Durack and Costello pioneering families in For ...
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Kajabbi
Kajabbi is a tiny sleepy settlement in north west Queensland It is located kilometres north east of Mount Isa and kilometres north west of Cloncurry Whilst only a small settlement Kajabbi stands in an area that is steeped in history ...
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Kynuna
Kynuna was established in the s and in its early days boasted three hotels It was a staging post for Cobb and Co Coaches Today Kynuna has just one hotel the famous Blue Heeler Hotel Kynuna is most famous for ...
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Longreach
Soak up the history and heritage that surrounds the legendary township of Longreach home of the Australian Stockman s Hall of Fame Qantas Founders Outback Museum and a wealth of entertainment and warm country hospitality Why not meet a few ...
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McKinlay
Located kilometres south east of Cloncurry McKinlay was named after the McKinlay River which was discovered and named by the explorer John McKinlay McKinlay had arrived in New South Wales in and by had become such an adept bushman that ...
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Middleton
Middleton was named after the first white man in the district He was a member of the expedition led by John McKinlay The town started life as a coach staging post and now consists of the Middleton Hotel which has ...
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Morven
In on the mail route from Brisbane to Charleville a small area was taken from the property Victoria Downs and set aside for public use and designated on maps and documents as Victoria Downs Reserve It became known informally as ...
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Mount Isa
Described as the Oasis of the Outback - a gleaming mirage on the horizon for travellers from all directions - Mount Isa nestles among the ochre-red Selwyn Ranges on the banks of the Leichhardt River Mount Isa has grown from ...
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Mungallala
Mungallala said to mean food and water is the site of a cypress sawmill located about half way between Mitchell and Morven where the Warrego Highway crosses the Mungallala Creek Mungallala originated as a railway town and is a wonderful ...
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Muttaburra
Visit the town of Muttaburra and experience the sense of wide open spaces where the sky stretches undisturbed from one horizon to the other - spectacular by day glowing with stars by night Experience the vastness of the true Queensland ...
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Richmond
Imagine being in a place so diverse so vast you feel an indescribable sense of freedom From the plains of the downs country to the silvery shimmer of the sun shining on the gidgee trees in the forest country Richmond ...
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge may not resemble its namesake in the United Kingdom nevertheless this Outback Queensland town is somewhat if a sentinel It is one of only three areas chosen by the Defence Department as site for the Over the Horizon radar ...
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Tambo
From the rugged cliffs of the Great Dividing Range that the explorer Major Thomas Mitchell once crossed to the open downs country that caught his eye it is no wonder that Tambo is being discovered by travellers Tambo is a ...
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Toompine
A small friendly outback community south of Quilpie Toompine is a social centre for the surrounding grazing properties and opal mines The town derives its name from the Aboriginal word Thempin meaning a leech Cobb and Co once serviced this ...
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Torrens Creek
Torrens Creek after which the town is named rises in the Great Dividing range and runs southward to the Thomson River system to eventually run into Lake Eyre William Landsborough discovered it in while searching for Burke and Wills He ...
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Yowah
Yowah is a small opal mining town kilometres west of Cunnamulla It is the home of the unique Yowah Nut Opal and Ironstone Matrix Opal a type of opal only found in this part of Queensland Opal was first discovered ...
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Windorah
With a panorama of giant red sandhills Windorah is located in the heart of the Channel Country beside Cooper s Creek It doesn t get much more outback than here with its stunning vistas picturesque ruins and historical sites Windorah ...
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Prairie
Prairie is a small township to the east of Hughenden in Queensland s Flinders Shire in the great North West The township has a history as an old Cobb and Co depot and is serviced by a cafe post office ...
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Wyandra
So many towns of the Outback can claim their very existence directly to the laying of the great inland railway systems Wyandra is such a town Being the halfway point between Charleville and Cunnamulla a railway settlement was established In ...
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Winton
Rich in history Winton was originally known as Pelican Waterhole and was first settled in The town is best known as the place that AB Banjo Paterson wrote Waltzing Matilda in whilst at Dagworth Station outside Winton The first performance ...
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Thargomindah
Follow the tracks of Cobb and Co Fish mighty rivers like the Bulloo Wilson and Paroo and Cooper s Creek For some visitors the highlight is watching the fabulous birdlife on the lakes in Currawinya and Lake Bindegolly National Parks ...
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Adavale
Adavale is located approximately kilometres north east of Quilpie The township was proclaimed on December and by five hotels soothed the dusty throats of travellers and locals alike The mail coach Cobb and Co stopped in the town on its ...
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Hungerford
Hungerford is located on the Queensland New South Wales border and was named after pioneer pastoralist Thomas Hungerford The Royal Mail Hotel was built in and is still in use today The Royal Mail was originally a staging post for ...
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Noccundra
Noccundra was first settled in with the establishment of the Noccundra Hotel The Noccundra Pub is one not to be missed In fact it s the town s only occupied building It is also the site of a memorial to ...
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Mitchell
Located on the Warrego Highway kilometres west of Brisbane and kilometres east of Charleville the town of Mitchell marks the Gateway to Queensland s Outback The town on the banks of the Maranoa River was named in honour of Sir ...
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Amby
Amby originally called Amby Creek became a township in and forms part of the eastern boundary of the Outback region It can best be described as where the grain and the grazing belts meet The Old Stage Changeover Shanty - ...
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Urandangi
The town of Urandangi close to the Northern Territory border is a small settlement that was founded in when partners Charles Webster and James Hutton built a store In its heyday in the s it was an important centre for ...
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Cameron Corner
Cameron Corner is where the three States meet - Queensland New South Wales and South Australia The Corner store is in Queensland receives its supplies from New South Wales and telephone services from South Australia Visit the survey marker opened ...
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Yaraka
The small township of Yaraka is situated kilometres away from Isisford the backdrop of the Grey Range to the open Mitchell grass plains which have long been regarded as some of the best grazing country in Australia Yaraka is a ...
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Quamby
The Albert Hotel built as the Customs House in the s is all that remains of what was once a prosperous mining and cattle fattening district The town comes alive with the annual rodeo heald at the end of July ...
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Stamford
Once a busy railhead for local wool graziers the Stamford of today is now a more tranquil place firing up once a year in July for the Stamford Races Stop in and have a cuppa at the Stamford Roadhouse You ...
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Opalton
Home of Queensland Boulder Opal Opalton lies kilometres from Winton Opal was first discovered here by George Cragg in and the first mine was worked in By the end of the decade there was a bustling township of and Opalton ...
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Emmet
Emmet was once a thriving railway siding with a population of people Today with only two residents the town has a picnic shelter and an interesting historical display in the revamped railway station ...
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Wycarbah
Without its main attraction Wycarbah to the south-west of Rockhampton would be bypassed by most This little town is located about minute drive from Gracemere However as a result of an ancient lava flow a great collection of rather ordinary ...
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