Carrandotta, Queensland

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Carrandotta
Queensland
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Shearers' quarters at Carandotta Station, 1934
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Carrandotta
Coordinates 22°08′35″S138°23′23″E / 22.1430°S 138.3897°E / -22.1430; 138.3897 (Carrandotta (centre of locality))
Population5 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 4825
Area6,920.7 km2 (2,672.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Boulia
State electorate(s) Gregory
Federal division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Carrandotta:
Northern Territory Piturie Waverley
Northern Territory Carrandotta Waverley
Northern Territory Toko Georgina

Carrandotta is a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is on the border with the Northern Territory. [3] In the 2021 census, Carrandotta had a population of 5 people. [4]

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Geography

Carrandotta is in the Channel Country. The Georgina River enters the locality from the north (Piturie) and exits to the south-east (Georgina). 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. [5]

The Donohue Highway passes through the south-west of the locality from Tobermoray in the Northern Territory to the west across to Toko in the south (ultimately terminating in Boulia). The Urandangi Border Road passes through the north-west of the locality from Urgandangi in Piturie to the north across to the Northern Territory to the north-west. [3]

The locality contains three cattle pastoral leases: Carandotta Station (from which the locality presumably takes its name) in the east, Wolga Station in the north and Pituri Station to the south. [3]

The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation. [3]

History

Waluwarra (also known as Warluwarra, Walugara, and Walukara) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Queensland. Its traditional language region is the local government area of Shire of Boulia, including Walgra Station and Wolga, from Roxborough Downs north to Carandotta Station and Urandangi on the Georgina River, on Moonah Creek to Rochedale, south-east of Pituri Creek. [6]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Carrandotta had a population of 0 people. [7]

In the 2021 census, Carrandotta had a population of 5 people. [4]

Education

There are no schools in Carrandotta. The nearest government primary school is Urandangi State School in neighbouring Piturie to the north. [3] The nearest government secondary school is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa, [3] which offers boarding facilities. [8] Other boarding schools or distance education would be options.

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Carrandotta (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Carrandotta – locality in Shire of Boulia (entry 42341)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Carrandotta (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ↑ FitzSimons, Trish (2010). "Channel Country". Queensland Historical Atlas. University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ↑ CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Waluwarra". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carrandotta (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  8. ↑ "Residential Campus" (PDF). Spinifex State College . 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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