Ballara, Queensland Explained

Type:	town
Ballara
State:	qld
Coordinates:	-20.9167°N 139.9667°W
Est:	1914
Lga:	Shire of Cloncurry

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]

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 the long-closed narrow-gauge Wee MacGregor railway.^[4]

Environment

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

See also

• Kuridala Township site
• List of ghost towns
• List of tramways in Queensland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maltese crosses of the Mount Isa region . 23 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081215152829/http://www.mountisa.biz/history/crosses.php . 15 December 2008 . dead .
2. 18 March 2014.
3. Web site: Phoenix Auctions History . Post Office List . Phoenix Auctions . 15 February 2021.
4. Kerr, John. (August 2004). From Ballara to Hightville: A Remote 2ft Gauge Solution. Light Railways 178: 3-11.
5. http://www.birdsqueensland.org.au/gazetteer-other.php Birds Queensland Gazetteer