Ballara, Queensland

Ballara is the site of a deserted mining town in the locality of Kuridala in north-western Queensland, Australia, in the Selwyn Range between the towns of Mount Isa and Cloncurry.[1] It is within the local government area of Shire of Cloncurry.[2]

Ballara
Queensland
Ballara
Coordinates20°55′00″S 139°58′00″E
Established1914
LGA(s)Shire of Cloncurry

History

Ballara Post Office opened around 1914 (receiving offices had been open at Ballara and Hightville from 1909) and closed in 1927.[3]

Heritage

Ballara includes the remains of a railway station for a long-closed narrow-gauge railway.[4]

Environment

Ballara is commemorated in the scientific name of the Kalkadoon grasswren (Amytornis ballarae).[5]

See also

References

  1. "Maltese crosses of the Mount Isa region". Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  2. "Ballara (entry 1382)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. Kerr, John. (August 2004). From Ballara to Hightville: A Remote 2ft Gauge Solution. Light Railways 178: 3-11.
  5. Birds Queensland Gazetteer


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