Bulloo Downs, Queensland

Bulloo Downs is a rural locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales. In the 2016 census, Bulloo Downs had a population of 0 people.

Bulloo Downs
Queensland
Sketch of Bulloo River area near the Kooliatto Waterhole, 1861 by Hermman Beckler, member of the Burke and Wills expedition
Bulloo Downs
Coordinates28.6023°S 142.8123°E / -28.6023; 142.8123 (Bulloo Downs (centre of locality))
Population0 (2016 census)
 • Density0.00000/km2 (0.00000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4492
Area11,252.1 km2 (4,344.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
  • 125 km (78 mi) SW of Thargomindah
  • 787 km (489 mi) SW of Roma
  • 1,128 km (701 mi) W of Brisbane
LGA(s)Shire of Bulloo
State electorate(s)Warrego
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Bulloo Downs:
Noccundra Thargomindah Thargomindah
Cameron Corner Bulloo Downs Hungerford
Tibooburra (NSW) Wanaaring (NSW) Wanaaring (NSW)

On 17 April 2020 the Queensland Government reorganised the nine localities in the Shire, resulting in six localities. It included Bulloo Downs losing a portion of its western land to the locality of Cameron Corner while gaining a small portion from the south of the former Bullawarra (the rest being incorporated into Thargomindah). The area of Bulloo Downs decreased from 12,814.6 square kilometres (4,947.7 sq mi) to 11,252.1 square kilometres (4,344.5 sq mi).

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