Tanbar, Queensland
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 Turn-off from Arrabury Road to Haddon Corner, 2019 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 26°10′15″S 141°32′02″E / 26.1708°S 141.5338°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 11,465.6 km2 (4,426.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00000/km2 (0.00000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4481 | ||||||||||||
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Tanbar is an outback locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is on the corner of Queensland's southern and western border with South Australia. In the 2021 census, Tanbar had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Haddon Corner is the point of Queensland's southern and western border with South Australia (26°00′00″S 141°00′00″E / 26.0000°S 141.0000°E).[3] It is in the south-west of the locality.[4]
Lake Yamma Yamma (also known as Lake Mackillop) is in the centre of the locality (26°20′00″S 141°25′00″E / 26.3333°S 141.4166°E).[5] It is 736 square kilometres (284 sq mi) and is ephemeral,[4] holding water only when Cooper Creek floods. It rarely fills (about every 25 to 30 years). It is Queensland's largest ephemeral lake.[6]
The Birdsville Developmental Road enters the locality from the north (Farrars Creek), passes through the north of the locality, and exits to the north-west (Birdsville). Arrabury Road branches off from the Birdsville Developmental Road shortly after it enters the locality and then proceeds south-west and then south into Durham (remaining west of Lake Yamma Yamma).[4]
History
The name Haddon Corner is derived from Haddon Downs, the pastoral property in the corner on the South Australian side. It was established in 1877 by pastoralists William and John Howie.[3]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Tanbar had a population of 3 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, Tanbar had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Heritage listings
Heritage-listed sites in Tanbar include:
- Haddon Corner, where a survey marker indicates the corner[8]
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:[9]
- Arrabury (26°45′39″S 141°01′40″E / 26.7609°S 141.0278°E)
- Curalle Tin Shed (26°02′25″S 141°19′45″E / 26.0404°S 141.3293°E)
- Gilpeppee Outstation (26°09′19″S 141°38′02″E / 26.1553°S 141.6340°E)
- Nulla Outstation (26°19′13″S 141°10′40″E / 26.3204°S 141.1777°E)
- Planet Downs Outstation, outstation of Arrabury (25°52′19″S 141°06′49″E / 25.8719°S 141.1135°E)
- Tanbar Station (25°50′31″S 141°55′06″E / 25.8419°S 141.9182°E)
Education
There are no schools in Tanbar and none nearby.[4] Distance education and boarding schools are the options.
