Ballaroo, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 27°06′52″S 148°37′20″E / 27.1144°S 148.6222°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1,786.5 km2 (689.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 51 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.02855/km2 (0.0739/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4455 | ||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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°05′15″S 148°33′26″E / 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]
History
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]
