Eurella, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°39′34″S 148°10′08″E / 26.6594°S 148.1688°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 813.2 km2 (314.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 45 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0553/km2 (0.1433/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4462 | ||||||||||||
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Eurella is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Eurella had a population of 45 people.[1]
Eurella is bounded by the Maranoa River to the west.[3]
The Warrego Highway and the Western railway line pass through the northern part of the locality from east (Muckadilla) to west (Amby) with the locality being served by Eurella railway station (26°34′08″S 148°15′22″E / 26.5689°S 148.2561°E).[3][4]
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing.[3]
History
The locality takes its name from the creek name, which in turn takes its name from the pastoral operated in 1861 by T.J. Saddler and Edward Eagle Moore in 1861. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning eagle hawk.[2]
