Ballara is the site of a deserted

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the locality of Kuridala in north-western

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

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, in the Selwyn Range between the towns of

Mount Isa Mount Isa ( ) is a city in the Gulf Country region of Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines (MIM) is one of the most productive mines in world history, based on co ...

and

Cloncurry Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It is informally known by local people as The Curry. Cloncurry is the administrative centre of the Shire of Cloncurry. Cloncurry is known as the ''Friendl ...

. It is within the

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Shire of Cloncurry The Shire of Cloncurry is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1884. The major town and administrative centre of the ...

History

Ballara Post Office opened around 1914 ( receiving offices had been open at Ballara and Hightville from 1909) and closed in 1927.

Heritage

Ballara includes the remains of a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

for the long-closed

narrow-gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curv ...

Wee MacGregor railway Wee MacGregor railway is a heritage-listed Tramway (industrial), tramway and railway associated with the former towns of Ballara, Queensland, Ballara and Hightville, Queensland, Hightville in the locality of Kuridala, Queensland, Kuridala, Shir ...

Environment

Ballara is commemorated in the

scientific name In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

of the

Kalkadoon grasswren The Kalkadoon grasswren (''Amytornis ballarae''), also called the Ballara grasswren, is a species of passerine bird in the family Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the dusky grasswren. T ...

(''Amytornis ballarae'').Birds Queensland Gazetteer
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References

{{authority control Towns in Queensland Ghost towns in Queensland North West Queensland Kuridala, Queensland

History

Heritage

Environment

See also

References