Type: | suburb |
Farrars Creek | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -25.2419°N 141.5355°W |
Pop: | 0 |
Postcode: | 4481 |
Area: | 13431.4 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 164 |
Dir1: | WNW |
Location1: | Windorah |
Dist2: | 261 |
Dir2: | W |
Location2: | Jundah |
Dist3: | 479 |
Dir3: | SW |
Location3: | Longreach |
Dist4: | 1559 |
Dir4: | WNW |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Shire of Barcoo |
Stategov: | Gregory |
Fedgov: | Maranoa |
Near-N: | Diamantina Lakes |
Near-Ne: | Stonehenge |
Near-E: | Jundah |
Near-Se: | Windorah |
Near-S: | Tanbar |
Near-Sw: | Birdsville |
Near-W: | Bedourie |
Near-Nw: | Diamantina Lakes |
Farrars Creek is an rural locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Farrars Creek had "no people or a very low population".
The watercourse Farrars Creek flows through the locality from the north-east (Stonehenge) to the south-west, where it becomes a tributary of the Diamantina River, part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin.
The Diamantina Developmental Road passes through the locality from the south-east (Windorah) to west (Bedourie). The Birdsville Developmental Road passes through the locality from the south-east (Windorah) to the south (Tanbar).
The principal land use is grazing on native vegetation.
Karuwali (also known as Garuwali, Dieri) is a language of far western Queensland. The Karuwali language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Diamantina Shire Council, including the localities of Betoota and Haddon Corner.[2]
The locality takes its name from the creek, which in turn takes its name after a stockman called Farrar who was employed on John Costello's pastoral property Kyabra.[3]
In the, Farrars Creek had "no people or a very low population".
In the, Farrars Creek had "no people or a very low population".
There are no schools in Farrars Creek nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school.