Min Min, Queensland
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 Site of the Min Min Hotel, famous for its connection with the Min Min lights, 2019 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 22°54′59″S 140°39′23″E / 22.9165°S 140.6564°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3,721.3 km2 (1,436.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4829 | ||||||||||||
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Min Min is an uninhabited outback locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.[2] The locality is most notable for the Min Min light, an unexplained aerial phenomenon reported throughout Australia's outback that was first observed by Europeans at Min Min (the phenomenon was known to Indigenous people prior to European settlement). The settlement is now a ghost town. In the 2021 census, Min Min had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Min Min is in the Channel Country. All watercourses in this area are part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin,[3] and most will dry up before their water reaches Lake Eyre.[4]
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.[3]
History
The town is most famous for being the source for the name of the aerial phenomenon the Min Min light. One of the earliest recorded European encounters with the light comes from a stockman who lived in Min Min in 1918.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Min Min had "no people or a very low population".[6]
In the 2021 census, Min Min had "no people or a very low population".[1]
