Cuttaburra, Queensland

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Cuttaburra
Queensland
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Cuttaburra
Coordinates 28°44′50″S145°22′30″E / 28.7472°S 145.375°E / -28.7472; 145.375 (Cuttaburra (centre of locality))
Population22 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.00724/km2 (0.0188/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4490
Elevation175 m (574 ft)
Area3,036.9 km2 (1,172.6 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Paroo
State electorate(s) Warrego
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Cuttaburra:
Eulo Cunnamulla Tuen
Hungerford Cuttaburra Barringun
Yantabulla (NSW) Enngonia (NSW) Enngonia (NSW)

Cuttaburra is a rural locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales. [3] In the 2021 census, Cuttaburra had a population of 22 people. [1]

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Geography

Cuttaburra Creek is a tributary of the Warrego River, joining it south of Cunnamulla. The creek forms the north-east boundary of the locality. [3]

The southern boundary of the locality is the border of Queensland with New South Wales (latitude 29 South). [3]

The Binya National Park is located within the locality on the south-western boundary. [3]

In 1916, geologist and palaeontologist Robert Etheridge described the area as having "shifting" sand hills and claypans. The shifting sand hills were of colours that varied by colour from a yellowish tint to a deep brick red and were up to 50 feet in height. He observed that the wind drove these shifting sand hills along over time. He said that the claypans were: [4]

"shallow depressions, more or less oval or circular in outline, large or small, distributed throughout the red soil country, treeless, often bearing a copious growth of grass, particularly cane grass and various kinds of salt-bush. These pans are water-bearing in wet seasons, but otherwise dry, and in flood time many of them, no doubt, communicate with one another. Of this nature appears to be the Cuttaburra branch of the Paroo River, an indescribable flat and weird surface of great extent."

History

The Cuttaburra Creek is shown on an 1872 map of Queensland. The locality name is believed to derive from the creek name and is thought to be an Aboriginal word. In some New South Wales Aboriginal languages the word burra means hill ants. [2]

Cuttaburra Provisional School opened in 1899 and closed circa 1906. [5]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Cuttaburra had a population of 10 people. [6]

In the 2021 census, Cuttaburra had a population of 22 people. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cuttaburra (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Cuttaburra – locality in Shire of Paroo (entry 42653)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Etheridge, Robert (1916), The cylindro-conical and cornute stone implements of western New South Wales and their significance : The warrigal, or "dingo", introduced or indigenous?, Dept. of Mines, New South Waales, pp. 18–19, retrieved 26 October 2018
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cuttaburra (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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