The Shire of Bulloo ( ) is a

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, Australia. On 17 April 2020 the

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reorganised the nine localities in the Shire, resulting in six localities by making the following changes: *

Thargomindah Thargomindah (frequently shortened to Thargo) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. The town of Thargomindah is the administrative centre for the Shire of Bulloo. In the , the locality of Thargomindah h ...

, previously being the surrounding area around the town of Thargomindah, was enlarged through the incorporation of most of Bullawarra (except for a small portion in the south of Bullawarra), all of Dynevor and all of Norley. * Bulloo Downs gained the small portion from the south of Bullawarra (the rest being incorporated into Thargomindah) and lost a small portion of its western land to the locality of Cameron Corner. * Cameron Corner gained a small portion of land from the west of the Bulloo Downs. * Nockatunga was renamed ''Noccundra'' after the only town in the locality. There were no changes to the localities of

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. In the , the Shire of Bulloo had a population of 337 people.

Geography

The Shire is located where

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meet. In the south west corner of the shire, Cameron Corner is the point on the borders of all three states. The Bulloo Shire covers an area of , and its administrative centre is the town of

. Major industries in the shire include wool, beef,

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s, oil and natural gas.

History

The Shire's traditional land owners were the

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was established on 11 November 1879 as one of the original divisions proclaimed under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 3 June 1880, the western part of the Paroo Division was separated to create the Bulloo Division. On 21 June 1883, the boundaries between Diamantina Division and Bulloo Division were adjusted. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Bulloo Division became the Shire of Bulloo on 31 March 1903. On 17 July 1930 Shire of Bulloo was abolished and absorbed into

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, but was re-instated on 4 July 1931. On 17 April 2020 the

reorganised the nine localities in the Shire, resulting in six localities by making the following changes: *

, previously being the surrounding area around the town of Thargomindah, was enlarged through the incorporation of most of Bullawarra (except for a small portion in the south of Bullawarra), all of Dynevor and all of Norley * Bulloo Downs gained the small portion from the south of Bullawarra (the rest being incorporated into Thargomindah) and lost a small portion of its western land to the locality of Cameron Corner * Cameron Corner gained a small portion of land from the west of the Bulloo Downs * Nockatunga was renamed ''Noccundra'' after the only town in the locality There were no changes to the localities of

and

Towns and localities

The Shire of Bulloo includes the following towns and

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: *

(town and locality) * Bulloo Downs (locality) * Cameron Corner (locality) *

(locality) containing the abandoned town of Oontoo *

(town and locality) *

Noccundra Noccundra is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Bulloo in South West Queensland, South West Queensland, Australia. The town was previously known as Nocundra. Prior to 2020 the locality was previously kno ...

(town and locality) Since April 2020, there are three former localities and one former locality name: * Bullawarra (former locality) * Dynevor (former locality) * Nockatunga (former locality name) * Norley (former locality)

Amenities

Bulloo Shire Council operates a public library in Thargomindah.

Chairmen and mayors

* 1927: J. Cordner * 2008–present: John Charles Sidney (Tractor) Ferguson

Demographics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulloo Shire Local government areas of Queensland South West Queensland 1880 establishments in Australia