Ballaroo, Queensland
Suburb of Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ballaroo is a semi-arid rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Ballaroo had a population of 51 people.[1]
| Ballaroo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Ballaroo landscape | |||||||||||||||
  Ballaroo | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27.1144°S 148.6222°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 51 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.02855/km2 (0.0739/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4455 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,786.5 km2 (689.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Maranoa Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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The Cogoon River (Muckadilla Creek) flows, most often with little flow, through the locality from the north (Mount Abundance) to the south-east (Weribone) where it becomes a tributary of the Balonne River.[3]
Mount First View is in the centre of the locality (27.0875°S 148.5572°E) rising to 326 metres (1,070 ft) above sea level.[4] It was named on 3 May 1846 by the New South Wales Surveyor General, Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.[5]
The colonial surveyor-general Thomas Mitchell and party followed the Cogoon River from the Balonne to Mount Abundance, when passing through this area in 1846.[6]
In the 2016 census, Ballaroo had a population of 41 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, Ballaroo had a population of 51 people.[1]
There are no schools in Ballaroo. The nearest government primary schools are Dunkeld State School in neighbouring Dunkeld to the west, Begonia State School in neighbouring Begonia to the south-west and Roma State College in Roma to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Roma State College in Roma, but it is so distant that distance education and boarding school would be other options.[3]
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