Surat, Queensland

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Surat, Queensland (Queensland)
Surat, Queensland
Location of Surat

Surat is a small rural town on the Balonne River, approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) south of Roma on the Carnarvon Highway. It is 450 kilometres (280 mi) west of Brisbane.

The district was first mapped by Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846. By the end of the 1849s pastoralists had penetrated the area, and in 1849 Mitchell directed a surveyor, Burrowes, to select a township site on the Balonne River. Burrowes did so and named it Surat, after his former place of residence in Madras Province, India. [1]

There are oil fields further south.

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Coordinates: 27°10′S, 149°04′E

[edit] References

  1. ^ LocalHero. Local history of Surat.
  • Maranoa Online A portal servicing the Maranoa - a region encompassing Surat.