Bedourie, Queensland

Bedourie
Queensland
Bedourie
Coordinates 24°21′0″S 139°28′0″E / 24.35000°S 139.46667°E / -24.35000; 139.46667Coordinates: 24°21′0″S 139°28′0″E / 24.35000°S 139.46667°E / -24.35000; 139.46667
Population 142 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 4829
Location
LGA(s) Diamantina Shire Council
State electorate(s) Mount Isa
Federal Division(s) Maranoa

Bedourie is a small town located in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland, Australia, lying on Eyre Creek. It is located 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Birdsville. At the 2006 census, Bedourie and the surrounding area had a population of 142.[1] Twenty years earlier the town had 60 residents.[2]

Bedourie is the administrative centre of the Diamantina Shire, which also comprises the towns of Birdsville and Betoota.[3] The Shire Council moved from Birdsville to Bedourie in 1953.

Bedourie has an aquatic centre, library, museum, outback golf course, visitor information centre and a hotel built from adobe bricks in the 1880s and a racetrack.[3] When the Georgina River experiences severe floods the town can be cut off by road for months at a time.[2]

History

Bedourie Post Office opened around July 1903 (receiving offices known as Bidouri, Bedouri and Bedourie had been open since 1887).[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bedourie (Diamantina Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  2. 1 2 Julia Harris (19 March 2009). "A Morning in Bedourie". ABC Western Queensland. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  3. 1 2 "Bedourie". Diamantina Shire Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  4. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.


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