Barkly, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Barkly
State:qld
Coordinates:-20.625°N 138.5036°W
Map Type:nomap
Pop:25
Postcode:4825
Area:11806.0
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:90.4
Dir1:SSE
Location1:Camooweal
Dist2:145
Dir2:W
Location2:Mount Isa
Dist3:1049
Dir3:W
Location3:Townsville
Dist4:2081
Dir4:NW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:City of Mount Isa
Stategov:Traeger
Fedgov:Kennedy
Near-N:Camooweal
Near-Ne:Gunpowder
Near-E:Mount Isa (locality)
Near-Se:Waverley
Near-S:Piturie
Near-Sw:Northern Territory
Near-W:Northern Territory
Near-Nw:Northern Territory

Barkly is an outback locality in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.[1] The locality is on the Queensland border with Northern Territory. In the, Barkly had a population of 25 people.

Geography

Barkly is a vast area of 11806km2. This enables it to have a variety of terrains.

Much of the locality is located within the Barkly Tableland, which in this region has an (-20°N 138.5°W) n elevation of around 200m (700feet) above sea level.[2]

Barkly has the following mountain ranges in the north-east of the locality:

with Mount Michael (-20.8015°N 138.0701°W) in the west near the Northern Territory border.[4] [5]

The locality is within the Lake Eyre drainage basin.

The land use is grazing on native vegetation.

The Barkly Highway passes through the north-east corner of the locality entering from Gunpowder and exiting to Camooweal. The Camooweal Urandangi Road enters the locality from Camooweal and exits to the south to Piturie.

History

The Barkly Tableland was named by explorer William Landsborough on 6 December 1861 during his search for Burke and Wills. It was named after the Governor of Victoria Sir Henry Barkly.

The locality was officially and bounded on 23 February 2001.[1]

Demographics

In the Barkly had a population of 28 people.

In the, Barkly had a population of 25 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:[6]

Transport

There are a number of airstrips in the locality, including:

Education

There are no schools in Barkly. The nearest primary schools are Camooweal State School in neighbouring Camooweal to the north and Urandangi State School in neighbouring Piturie to the south. However, due to the size of Barkly, attending these schools would only be feasible for children living in the northern and southern parts of Barkly respectively. Most of the Barkly is outside the range of any primary school and distance education or boarding schools would be the only options. The nearest secondary school is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa to the east, but it would be out of range for almost all Barkly families and again distance education or boarding schools would be the only options. Spinifex State College has boarding facilities.[8]

Notes and References

  1. 19 December 2020.
  2. 19 December 2020.
  3. Web site: 12 November 2020. Mountain ranges beaches and sea passages - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125060730/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/1db1dfe1-ab2a-4405-9164-0a54c3b31dda. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  4. Web site: 12 November 2020. Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  5. 25 November 2020.
  6. Web site: 18 November 2020. Homesteads - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124212526/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79. 24 November 2020. 24 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  7. Web site: 22 October 2020. Heliports and landing grounds - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140611/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a. 16 November 2020. 3 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  8. Web site: Spinifex State College Mount Isa Residential Campus. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200324170448/https://spinifexsc.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Policies%20and%20Procedures/residential-prospectus-2015.pdf. 24 March 2020. 20 December 2020. Spinifex State College.