Blackall, Queensland

Blackall
Queensland
Memorial to Sir Thomas Mitchell
Blackall is located in Queensland
Blackall
Blackall
Coordinates24°25′28″S 145°27′57″E / 24.4245°S 145.4658°E / -24.4245; 145.4658 (Blackall (town centre))
Population1,365 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.082444/km2 (0.21353/sq mi)
Established1868
Postcode(s)4472
Elevation284 m (932 ft)[2]
Area16,556.6 km2 (6,392.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Blackall-Tambo Region
State electorate(s)Gregory
Federal division(s)Flynn
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
30.2 °C
86 °F
15.4 °C
60 °F
533.3 mm
21 in
Localities around Blackall:
Ilfracombe Barcaldine
Jericho
Alpha
Windeyer
Isisford Blackall Mount Enniskillen
Macfarlane
Adavale Langlo
Scrubby Creek
Lumeah
Minnie Downs

Blackall is a rural town and locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] The town is the service centre for the Blackall-Tambo Region. The dominant industry in the area is grazing with over 70 homesteads in the locality (as at 2020).[5][6] In the 2021 census, the locality of Blackall had a population of 1,365 people.[1]

Yalleroi is another town in the north of the locality (24°04′05″S 145°45′33″E / 24.0680°S 145.7591°E / -24.0680; 145.7591 (Yalleroi (town centre))).[7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Summary statistics: Blackall Township". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Blackall – town in Blackall-Tambo Region (entry 2967)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Blackall – locality in Blackall-Tambo Region (entry 47058)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Homesteads – Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Yalleroi – town in Blackall-Tambo Region (entry 38369)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 January 2018.