66-724: Download coordinates as: Camooweal is an outback town and locality in the City of Mount Isa , Queensland , Australia. The locality is on the Queensland border with the Northern Territory . In the 2021 census , the locality of Camooweal had a population of 236 people. The locality of Camooweal is in north-western in the Gulf Region bounded by the west by the Northern Territory. The town of Camooweal
132-660: A Barkly Tablelands IBRA subregion which conforms approximately with parts of the Barkly Tablelands proper. William Landsborough was the first non- Indigenous Australian person to explore the tableland, and named it after Sir Henry Barkly , then governor of Victoria . In 1877 the overlander, Nathaniel Buchanan and Sam Croker crossed the Barkly Tableland and rode on to the Overland Telegraph Line opening new land for settlement. It
198-470: A long way from anywhere, or a long way away. The well-watered north of the continent is often called the " Top End " and the arid interior "The Red Centre", owing to its vast amounts of red soil and sparse greenery amongst its landscape. The outback is criss-crossed by historic tracks. Most of the major highways have an excellent bitumen surface and other major roads are usually well-maintained dirt roads. The Stuart Highway runs from north to south through
264-641: A number of parks in the area: Along the main road (the Barkly Highway) there are several caravan stops or van parks which will take mobile homes and tents. The Drover's Camp is a museum celebrating the contribution of drovers . It is just off the Barkly Highway about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the town at 56 Beaumont Street ( 19°55′18″S 138°08′00″E / 19.9216°S 138.1332°E / -19.9216; 138.1332 ( Drover's Camp ) ). The Drover's Camp Festival
330-551: A raid and drive them [the Aboriginal people] back." One of the group fired a shot, hitting a group of boomerangs which scared the Aboriginal people into fleeing. Stock losses to the local dingos and wedge-tailed eagles ; lack of water and isolation soon forced him to abandon his lease. The Englishmen Benjamin Crosthwaite and William Tetley, who were marginally more successful, took up the lease again in 1876. The origin of
396-493: A remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia . The Outback is more remote than the bush . While often envisaged as being arid , the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a number of climatic zones, including tropical and monsoonal climates in northern areas, arid areas in the "red centre" and semi-arid and temperate climates in southerly regions. The total population
462-483: A war memorial outside the community hall (former shire hall of the Shire of Barkly Tableland ). In the 2011 census , the locality of Camooweal had a population of 187 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of Camooweal had a population of 208 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Camooweal had a population of 236 people. Camooweal has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Camooweal State School
528-549: Is 417 metres (1,368 ft) long and is accompanied by a 5.6-kilometre (3.5 mi) highway deviation west from Camooweal. The bridge uses an unusual arch design to avoid placing pylons into the river bed which is culturally significant to the local Dugalunji people, who call the new bridge Ilaga Thuwani meaning The Camping Ground of the Rainbow Serpent . In 2005 the Mount Isa City Council erected
594-519: Is a 13,800-hectare (34,000-acre) protected area in the south-west of the locality to the south-east of the town. Crater of Caves is an area ( 20°03′00″S 138°11′00″E / 20.05°S 138.1833°E / -20.05; 138.1833 ( Crater of Caves ) ) within the park. Cavern is another area with caves but outside of the national park ( 19°49′00″S 138°05′00″E / 19.8166°S 138.0833°E / -19.8166; 138.0833 ( Cavern ) ). Apart from
660-418: Is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at Nowranie Street ( 19°55′08″S 138°07′13″E / 19.9188°S 138.1203°E / -19.9188; 138.1203 ( Camooweal State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 31 students with 3 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools within reach of
726-478: Is a region in the Central East if the Northern Territory, extending into Western Queensland. The region was named after Sir Henry Barkly . The epithet “Tableland” is inaccurate, since the region is neither elevated relative to adjacent landforms, nor are the boundaries marked by a distinct change in elevation. The Barkly Tableland is a poorly defined region. The name Barkly Tableland properly applies only to
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#1732783658584792-430: Is at 52–60 Morrison Street ( 19°55′06″S 138°07′19″E / 19.9182°S 138.1220°E / -19.9182; 138.1220 ( Camooweal health centre and ambulance station ) ). Camooweal Cemetery is at the end of Cemetery Road, east of the airport ( 19°54′51″S 138°07′47″E / 19.9142°S 138.1298°E / -19.9142; 138.1298 ( Camooweal Cemetery ) ). It
858-452: Is claimed that the saloon, named after the nearby Black Stump Run and Black Stump Creek, was an important staging post for traffic to north-west New South Wales and it became a marker by which people gauged their journeys. "The Never-Never " is a term referring to remoter parts of the Outback. The Outback can also be referred to as "back of beyond" or "back o' Bourke ", although these terms are more frequently used when referring to something
924-493: Is estimated at 607,000 people. Geographically, the Outback is unified by a combination of factors, most notably a low human population density, a largely intact natural environment and, in many places, low-intensity land uses, such as pastoralism (livestock grazing) in which production is reliant on the natural environment. The Outback is deeply ingrained in Australian heritage, history and folklore . In Australian art
990-509: Is held annually in August. It was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . There are regular rodeos , gymkhanas , campdrafting and horse racing events held most years. Australian country musician Slim Dusty recorded a song written by David Kirkpatrick and Alex "Mack" Cormack entitled simply The Ballad of Camooweal which features this town. Outback The Outback is
1056-434: Is located in the south-west corner of the locality. The town is 169 kilometres (105 mi) north-west of the city of Mount Isa and 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the Northern Territory border. The Barkly Highway enters the locality from the south ( Barkly ), passes from east to west through the town centre (where it is known as Barkly Street) and then exits to the west (Northern Territory). The Georgina River enters
1122-515: Is mining. Owing to the almost complete absence of mountain building and glaciation since the Permian (in many areas since the Cambrian ) ages, the outback is extremely rich in iron, aluminium, manganese and uranium ores, and also contains major deposits of gold, nickel, copper, lead and zinc ores. Because of its size, the value of grazing and mining is considerable. Major mines and mining areas in
1188-502: Is one of Australia's most renowned fossil sites and was recorded as a World Heritage site in 1994. The 100 km (39 sq mi) area contains fossil remains of ancient mammals, birds and reptiles of Oligocene and Miocene age. The largest industry across the Outback, in terms of the area occupied, is pastoralism , in which cattle, sheep, and sometimes goats are grazed in mostly intact, natural ecosystems. Widespread use of bore water, obtained from underground aquifers, including
1254-1027: Is operated by the Mount Isa City Council . St Theresa's Catholic Church is at 31 Nowranie Street ( 19°55′13″S 138°07′12″E / 19.9204°S 138.1199°E / -19.9204; 138.1199 ( St Therese's Catholic Church ) ). It is part of the Good Shepherd Catholic Parish in Mount Isa. Camooweal Post Office is at 29 Barkly Street ( 19°55′18″S 138°07′14″E / 19.9217°S 138.1206°E / -19.9217; 138.1206 ( Camooweal Post Office ) ). The Post Office Hotel Motel and Caravan Park at 39 Barkly Street ( 19°55′18″S 138°07′11″E / 19.9216°S 138.1198°E / -19.9216; 138.1198 ( Post Office Hotel Motel and Caravan Park ) ) provides accommodation, food and drink. There are
1320-595: Is relied on for mail delivery in some areas, owing to sparse settlement and wet-season road closures. Most outback mines have an airstrip and many have a fly-in fly-out workforce. Most outback sheep stations and cattle stations have an airstrip and quite a few have their own light plane. Medical and ambulance services are provided by the Royal Flying Doctor Service . In 2024 two Regional, Rural and Remote air lines collapsed, namely Bonza and REX . Barkly Tableland The Barkly Tableland
1386-543: The Blue Mountains just outside Sydney was led by Gregory Blaxland in 1813, 25 years after the colony was established. People, starting with John Oxley in 1817, 1818 and 1821, followed by Charles Sturt from 1829 to 1830, attempted to follow the westward-flowing rivers to find an "inland sea", but these were found to all flow into the Murray River and Darling River , which turn south. From 1858 onwards,
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#17327836585841452-701: The Boreal forests and Tundra regions in North America, the Sahara and Gobi deserts and the tropical forests of the Amazon and Congo Basins. The savanna (or grassy woodlands) of northern Australia are the largest, intact savanna regions in the world. In the south, the Great Western Woodlands , which occupy 16,000,000 hectares (40,000,000 acres), an area larger than all of England and Wales, are
1518-538: The Elapidae ; speckled brown snake ( Pseudonaja guttata ), Ingram's brown snake ( Pseudonaja ingrami ), and Collett's snake , all of which are venomous. Insects include a number of endemic species of ant, and grasshopper such as Ecphantus quadrilobus . Some of the grassland is protected but most is pasture and although largely unspoilt, it is vulnerable to overgrazing , particularly areas of Queensland bluebush ( Chenopodium auricomum ). The downs are home to
1584-602: The Great Artesian Basin , has enabled livestock to be grazed across vast areas in which no permanent surface water exists naturally. Capitalising on the lack of pasture improvement and absence of fertiliser and pesticide use, many Outback pastoral properties are certified as organic livestock producers. In 2014, 17,000,000 hectares (42,000,000 acres), most of which is in Outback Australia, was fully certified as organic farm production, making Australia
1650-844: The Mueller Plateau and Sandover-Pituri Platform physiographic sections between the desert uplands in the west and Mount Isa , Queensland in the east. The Tableland drains into the Gulf of Carpentaria via the Flinders River while the southwestern plains drain into Lake Eyre via the Diamantina River or into the Simpson Desert via the Georgina River which has its source on the Tableland. Waterways of
1716-427: The Northern Territory (now the Barkly Highway) was the inland defence route for World War II . This road was built by army engineers and carried over 1000 vehicles a day and there are numerous historical sites marked along the road. The town had electricity from 1952. St Therese's Catholic Church was officially opened on 30 April 1961 by Hugh Edward Ryan , Bishop of Townsville . The Camooweal Caves National Park
1782-474: The 1800s. Many Aboriginal Australians retain strong physical and cultural links to their traditional country and are legally recognised as the Traditional Owners of large parts of the Outback under Commonwealth Native Title legislation. Early European exploration of inland Australia was sporadic. More focus was on the more accessible and fertile coastal areas. The first party to successfully cross
1848-440: The 2015–2016 financial year, 815,000 visitors spent $ 988 million while on holidays in the Northern Territory alone. There are many popular tourist attractions in the Outback. Some of the well known destinations include Devils Marbles , Kakadu National Park , Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), MacDonnell Ranges and Uluru (Ayers Rock) . Other than agriculture and tourism, the main economic activity in this vast and sparsely settled area
1914-466: The Barkly Tableland. There are healthy populations of grassland birds such as the flock bronzewing . The seasonal wetlands of the downs are important habitats, particularly as breeding grounds for waterbirds. These include the Lake Woods and Lake Buchanan . There are also many snakes and other reptiles and amphibians adapted to the clay soils that crack in the long dry season and turn to mud after
1980-487: The Barkly Tableland. Rainfall in this inland area is low (350mm per year) and subject to extreme seasonal fluctuations with rains occurring from November to March during the hot (up to 40 °C) summer. Winters are cool and frost may occur, especially in the southern section of the plain in Queensland. The Barkly Tableland is a distinct physiographic province of the larger West Australian Shield division. It includes
2046-482: The Georgina River and lie to the south-east of the town. Lake Mary ( 19°52′00″S 138°06′00″E / 19.8666°S 138.1°E / -19.8666; 138.1 ( Lake Mary ) ) is another lake on the river 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of town. The locality is a drainage divide running from the north-west to the south-east of the locality. The watercourses in the north and east of
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2112-535: The Outback continued in the 1950s when Len Beadell explored, surveyed and built many roads in support of the nuclear weapons tests at Emu Field and Maralinga and rocket testing on the Woomera Prohibited Area . Mineral exploration continues as new mineral deposits are identified and developed. 2002 was declared the Year of the Outback. While the early explorers used horses to cross the Outback,
2178-573: The Outback include opals at Coober Pedy , Lightning Ridge and White Cliffs , metals at Broken Hill , Tennant Creek , Olympic Dam and the remote Challenger Mine . Oil and gas are extracted in the Cooper Basin around Moomba . In Western Australia the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley was once the world's biggest producer of natural diamonds and contributed approximately one-third of
2244-417: The Tableland is semi-arid savanna of Mitchell grass . The grasslands are mostly used for cattle grazing and are home to some threatened species of plants and animals. Mitchell grass is hardy with long roots so is well adapted to dry soils and periods of drought. The grasslands support other distinctive plants alongside the grasses but there are no areas of thick woodland, only acacia trees scattered across
2310-653: The Tableland itself are small as most water drains into the porous limestone, sometimes forming salt lakes. Tarrabool Lake , the largest wooded swamp in tropical Australia, is located in the west of the Tablelands. Other important water sources on the downs are the artesian springs . Some of the very large cattle stations located on the Tableland include Alexandria Station , Alroy Downs , Anthony Lagoon , Austral Downs , Avon Downs , Banka Banka , Brunette Downs , Creswell Downs, Eva Downs, Helen Springs , Newcastle Waters and Lake Nash Station . The dominant flora of
2376-728: The Tanami desert to the Queensland border. The Barkly Tableland proper, the associated Gulf Country, the upper Georgina River basin, and portions of the inland desert country. From the McArthur River in the north, parallel approximately 100 miles inland from the west coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Queensland border in the east. The Barkly Shire local government area . Barkly locality in Queensland. Various regions defined by Northern Territory and Australian Commonwealth government departments. In addition, there exists
2442-416: The adverbial phrase referring to the back yard of a house , and came to be used meiotically in the late 1800s to describe the vast sparsely settled regions of Australia behind the cities and towns. The earliest known use of the term in this context in print was in 1869, when the writer clearly meant the area west of Wagga Wagga , New South Wales . Over time, the adverbial use of the phrase was replaced with
2508-472: The area was George Sutherland, who took up the Rocklands lease in 1865. Sutherland arrived at Lake Mary on the Georgina River with 8,000 sheep, which caused the Aboriginal people, who were sleeping at time, to run. Sutherland was attacked by them on several occasions in the following months. When fellow colonists William Lyne and Henry Steiglitz arrived on the river, Sutherland "deemed it fully time to make
2574-480: The areas of largely treeless, cracking-clay soils supporting grasslands dominated by Mitchell Grass (Astrebla spp.). A variety of terms such as “Barkly Tablelands Region, or “Barkly Region” have come into common use, referring to various circumscriptions of the region. All include portions of the Barkly Tablelands proper, along with varying adjoining landforms and vegetation types. Varying Barkly regions encompass: An area from Dunmarra south to Barrow Creek, and from
2640-524: The centre of the continent, roughly paralleled by the Adelaide–Darwin railway . There is a proposal to develop some of the roads running from the south-west to the north-east to create an all-weather road named the Outback Highway , crossing the continent diagonally from Laverton, Western Australia (north of Kalgoorlie , through the Northern Territory to Winton , in Queensland. Air transport
2706-426: The early Afghan drivers . Feral horses known as ' brumbies ' are station horses that have run wild. Feral pigs , foxes , cats , goats and rabbits and other imported animals are also degrading the environment, so time and money is spent eradicating them in an attempt to help protect fragile rangelands. The Outback is home to a diverse set of animal species, such as the kangaroo, emu and dingo. The Dingo Fence
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2772-416: The first woman to make the journey riding a horse was Anna Hingley , who rode from Broome to Cairns in 2006. The paucity of industrial land use has led to the Outback being recognised globally as one of the largest remaining intact natural areas on Earth. Global " Human Footprint " and wilderness reviews highlight the importance of Outback Australia as one of the world's large natural areas, along with
2838-454: The heat of the day. Birdlife is prolific, most often seen at waterholes at dawn and dusk. Huge flocks of budgerigars , cockatoos , corellas and galahs are often sighted. On bare ground or roads during the winter, various species of snakes and lizards bask in the sun, but they are rarely seen during the summer months. Feral animals such as camels thrive in central Australia, brought to Australia by pastoralists and explorers, along with
2904-545: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition in 1860–61 which was much better funded, but resulted in the deaths of three of the members of the transcontinental party. The Overland Telegraph line was constructed in the 1870s along the route identified by Stuart. In 1865, the surveyor George Goyder , using changes in vegetation patterns, mapped a line in South Australia , north of which he considered rainfall to be too unreliable to support agriculture. Exploration of
2970-555: The lack of proper medical facilities and trained personnel. In many outback communities, the number of children is too small for a conventional school to operate. Children are educated at home by the School of the Air . Originally the teachers communicated with the children via radio, but now satellite telecommunication is used instead. Some children attend boarding school, mostly only those in secondary school. The term "outback" derives from
3036-505: The largest certified organic production area in the world. Tourism is a major industry across the Outback, and commonwealth and state tourism agencies explicitly target Outback Australia as a desirable destination for domestic and international travellers. There is no breakdown of tourism revenues for the "Outback" per se . However, regional tourism is a major component of national tourism incomes. Tourism Australia explicitly markets nature-based and Indigenous-led experiences to tourists. In
3102-453: The largest remaining temperate woodland left on Earth. Reflecting the wide climatic and geological variation, the Outback contains a wealth of distinctive and ecologically rich ecosystems. Major land types include: The Outback is full of very important well-adapted wildlife, although much of it may not be immediately visible to the casual observer. Many animals, such as red kangaroos and dingoes , hide in bushes to rest and keep cool during
3168-560: The locality (the nearest is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa ). The options are distance education and boarding school. Spinifex State College has boarding facilities. There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including: Camooweal Airport serves the town and is just to the north-east of the town ( 19°54′53″S 138°07′31″E / 19.9146°S 138.1252°E / -19.9146; 138.1252 ( Camooweal Airport ) ). There are numerous airstrips in
3234-633: The locality are tributaries of the Nicholson River which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north. Gulf drainage Whereas the watercourses in the south and west of the locality are tributaries of the Georgina River which is part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin . Camooweal has the following mountains: The Camooweal Caves National Park ( 20°01′04″S 138°11′28″E / 20.0178°S 138.1911°E / -20.0178; 138.1911 ( Camooweal Caves National Park ) )
3300-469: The locality from the west (Northern Territory), passes to the immediate west of the town and then exits to south of the locality (Barkly). Lake Francis ( 19°55′38″S 138°06′58″E / 19.9272°S 138.1161°E / -19.9272; 138.1161 ( Lake Francis ) ) and Lake Canellan ( 19°56′55″S 138°06′26″E / 19.9486°S 138.1072°E / -19.9486; 138.1072 ( Lake Canellan ) ) are both on
3366-537: The locality including: Camooweal Police Station is at 40 Nowranie Street ( 19°55′11″S 138°07′14″E / 19.9197°S 138.1205°E / -19.9197; 138.1205 ( Camooweal Police Station ) ). Camooweal Volunteer Rural Fire Service and SES Facility is at 21 Barkly Street ( 19°55′19″S 138°07′17″E / 19.9219°S 138.1214°E / -19.9219; 138.1214 ( Camooweal RFS and SES Facility ) ). Camooweal Primary Health Care Clinic and ambulance station
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#17327836585843432-629: The national park, the predominant land use in the locality is grazing on native vegetation. The area was originally inhabited by the Indjilandji Indigenous Australians . William Landsborough in 1861 named the Barkly Tablelands after the Governor of Victoria, His Excellency, Sir Henry Barkly . He also named Lake Francis after his niece Frances Landsborough. The first Britisher to attempt to colonise
3498-601: The plain, and red river gum along watercourses. The habitat of the Mitchell Grass Downs is mostly a uniform cover of grassland and therefore does not support a great variety of wildlife. The few mammals include the brushtail possum ( Trichosurus vulpecula ) and the Alexandria false antechinus ( Pseudantechinus mimulus ), a small carnivorous marsupial found only in a number of small, isolated localities in northern Australia, including Alexandria Station on
3564-610: The present day noun form. It is colloquially said that "the outback" is located "beyond the Black Stump ". The location of the black stump may be some hypothetical location or may vary depending on local custom and folklore. It has been suggested that the term comes from the Black Stump Wine Saloon that once stood about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) out of Coolah, New South Wales on the Gunnedah Road. It
3630-426: The rains. These include burrowing frogs that emerge to breed in the mud and the long-haired rat which erupts in huge numbers after the monsoon and spreads across the grasslands. Endemic reptiles of the downs include the dwarf dtella gecko ( Gehyra minuta ), some species of Ctenotus and Lerista skinks , an agamid lizard ( Pogona henrylawsoni ), and a monitor lizard ( Spencer's goanna ). The snakes include
3696-430: The so-called "Afghan" cameleers and their beasts played an instrumental role in opening up the Outback and helping to build infrastructure. Over the period 1858 to 1861, John McDouall Stuart led six expeditions north from Adelaide, South Australia into the Outback, culminating in successfully reaching the north coast of Australia and returning without the loss of any of the party's members' lives. This contrasts with
3762-602: The subject of the Outback has been vogue, particularly in the 1940s. In 2009, as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Queensland Outback was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "natural attraction". Aboriginal peoples have lived in the Outback for at least 50,000 years and occupied all Outback regions, including the driest deserts, when Europeans first entered central Australia in
3828-407: The town's name is uncertain. One theory is that it take its name from surveyor George Telford Weale, who surveyed the area using camels in the early 1880s. Another theory is that it is an Aboriginal word meaning strong wind . The initial town was gazetted in 1884 to be built on a 4-square-mile (10 km) plot by Lake Francis. A year later the present site was re-gazetted. The Rocklands Post Office
3894-554: The world's major manganese mines. Aboriginal communities in outback regions, such as the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in northern South Australia, have not been displaced as they have been in areas of intensive agriculture and large cities, in coastal areas. The total population of the Outback in Australia declined from 700,000 in 1996 to 690,000 in 2006. The largest decline
3960-516: The world's natural supply, but was closed down in 2020 due to financial reasons. The Pilbara region's economy is dominated by mining and petroleum industries. The Pilbara's oil and gas industry is the region's largest export industry, earning $ 5.0 billion in 2004/05 and accounting for over 96% of the State's production. Most of Australia's iron ore is also mined in the Pilbara and it also has one of
4026-527: Was built to restrict movements of dingoes and wild dogs into agricultural areas towards the south east of the continent. The marginally fertile parts are primarily utilised as rangelands and have been traditionally used for sheep or cattle grazing, on cattle stations which are leased from the Federal Government. While small areas of the outback consist of clay soils the majority has exceedingly infertile palaeosols . Riversleigh , in Queensland,
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#17327836585844092-556: Was gazetted on 16 December 1994. Given the economic importance of transport on the Barkly Highway (the only sealed road between Queensland and the Northern Territory), a longstanding problem was the flooding of the Georgina River at Camooweal. During floods, the Barkly Highway bridge over the Georgina River was often unusable for many days, with road trains and other heavy vehicles having to wait weeks before it
4158-544: Was in the Outback Northern Territory , while the Kimberley and Pilbara showed population increases during the same period. The sex ratio is 1040 males for 1000 females and 17% of the total population is indigenous. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) started service in 1928 and helps people who live in the outback of Australia. Previously, serious injuries or illnesses often meant death owing to
4224-698: Was not until the introduction of generous leasing arrangements on the Barkly in the late 1870s that the region became more settled. In 1883, Harry Readford , one of the inspirations for the literary character Captain Starlight, drove a mob of cattle to the Barkly and subsequently established Brunette Downs (then called Corella Creek), with outstations at Anthony Lagoon and Cresswell Creek, for Macdonald, Smith and Co. In 1884, 2,500 cattle were driven to Brunette Downs and in 1885, Readford brought in 1,200 mixed cattle from Burketown . Black soil plains cover much of
4290-503: Was removed and Camooweal Post Office opened on 27 April 1885. A police station opened in 1886. Camooweal Provisional School opened on 5 June 1893. On 1 Jan 1909 it became Camooweal State School. The town bore was drilled in 1897. On 2 January 1931, a Qantas Air Ambulance from the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia flown by E.G. Donaldson rescued a man in Camooweal and delivered him to Brisbane. The road through Camooweal to
4356-488: Was safe to cross. To alleviate these problems, the new Georgina River Bridge was officially opened on 20 December 2002 by Senator Ron Boswell and Steve Breadhauer , Minister for Transport in the Queensland Government . It replaced the previous bridge which was approximately 50 metres (160 ft) south and was both higher and longer so traffic on the highway could continue to cross during floods. The bridge
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