Ballaroo Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°06′52″S 148°37′20″E / 27.1144°S 148.6222°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 51 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
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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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. [3]
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. [4]
Mount First View is in the centre of the locality ( 27°05′15″S 148°33′26″E / 27.0875°S 148.5572°E) rising to 326 metres (1,070 ft) above sea level. [5] It was named on 3 May 1846 by the New South Wales Surveyor General, Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. [6]
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. [7]
In the 2016 census, Ballaroo had a population of 41 people. [8]
In the 2021 census, Ballaroo had a population of 51 people. [3]
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. [4]
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