Springsure, Queensland
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Template:Infobox Australia Springsure is a small town in Queensland, 66 km south of Emerald on the Gregory Highway. It is 765 km northwest of Brisbane.
The area was first explored by Ludwig Leichhardt and his favourable reports encouraged settlers to move in. Springsure saw a massacre of Europeans by the Aboriginal Australian people, the Kairi, who resisted encroachment on their lands (Known as the Wills massacre or Cullin-La-Ringo massacre). At least 19 are known to have perished.[citation needed]
Today, Springsure is a pastoral settlement serving cattle farms as well as sunflower, sorghum, wheat and chickpea plantations.
A cliff face in the hills surrounding Springsure is known to the area as Virgin Rock. As although know years of erosion have perished the natural formation it once looked like the Virgin Mary cradling the baby Jesus.
It is also a staging point for expeditions to the Carnarvon National Park.
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