Carrandotta, Queensland

Carrandotta is a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Carrandotta had a population of 0 people.[1]

Not to be confused with Carandotta Station.

Carrandotta
Queensland
Carrandotta
Coordinates22.1429°S 138.3898°E / -22.1429; 138.3898
Population0 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.00000/km2 (0.00000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4825
Area6,920.7 km2 (2,672.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
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

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.[4]

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.[5]

Education

There are no schools in Carrandotta. The nearest primary school is in Urandangi.[3] The nearest secondary school is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa,[3] which offers boarding facilities.[6] Other boarding schools or distance education would be options.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carrandotta (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Carrandotta – locality in Shire of Boulia (entry 42341)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. FitzSimons, Trish (2010). "Channel Country". Queensland Historical Atlas. University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  5. 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.
  6. "Residential Campus" (PDF). Spinifex State College. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.


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