Carrandotta, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Carrandotta
State:qld
Coordinates:-22.143°N 138.3897°W
Pop:0
Postcode:4825
Area:6920.7
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:55.1
Dir1:SE
Location1:Urandangi
Dist2:201
Dir2:SW
Location2:Mount Isa
Dist3:263
Dir3:NE
Location3:Boulia
Dist4:1106
Dir4:WSW
Location4:Townsville
Dist5:1983
Dir5:NW
Location5:Brisbane
Lga:Shire of Boulia
Stategov:Gregory
Fedgov:Kennedy
Near-N:Piturie
Near-Ne:Waverley
Near-E:Waverley
Near-Se:Georgina
Near-S:Toko
Near-Sw:Northern Territory
Near-W:Northern Territory
Near-Nw:Northern Territory

Carrandotta is a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is on the border with the Northern Territory. In the, Carrandotta had "no people or a very low population".

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, and most will dry up before their water reaches Lake Eyre.[2]

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.

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.

The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

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.[3]

Demographics

In the, Carrandotta had "no people or a very low population".

In the, Carrandotta had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Carrandotta. The nearest government primary school is Urandangi State School in neighbouring Piturie to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa, which offers boarding facilities.[4] Other boarding schools or distance education would be options.

Notes and References

  1. 10 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Channel Country. FitzSimons. Trish. 2010. Queensland Historical Atlas. University of Queensland. https://web.archive.org/web/20190815054953/https://www.qhatlas.com.au/content/channel-country. 15 August 2019. live. 15 August 2019.
  3. Waluwarra. Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. 30 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Residential Campus. 2015. Spinifex State College. https://web.archive.org/web/20190815073816/https://spinifexsc.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Policies%20and%20Procedures/residential-prospectus-2015.pdf. 15 August 2019. live. 15 August 2019.