Eromanga

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Eromanga
Eromanga quilpie (4017367169) .jpg
Oil production plant near Eromanga
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland
Coordinates : 27 ° 13 ′  S , 144 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 13 ′  S , 144 ° 22 ′  E
Area : 28,213.2  km²
Residents : 119 (2016)
Population density : 0.004 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 4480
LGA : Quilpie Shire
Eromanga (Queensland)
Eromanga
Eromanga

Eromanga is a small town in Queensland . Eromanga is 126 kilometers from Quilpie , 316 kilometers from Charleville and can be reached from the Opal Highway . In the vicinity of the village there are oil wells in the Eromanga Basin , which produce 1.5 million barrels of oil every year. Opals are also found near the place .

In the village there is the Old Royal Hotel of 1885. It is the only building from the pioneering days of Australia, which has been preserved and the transport company Co Cobb was hit. Eromanga was named a city in the 1870s when opals were found and the population rose to around 300 people as a result.

There is an outdoor area on which machines that were used in opal mining are exhibited. In the attached museum there is a Living History Center with historical pictures and a park with mineral finds close to the museum.

Eromanga was badly affected by the Queensland floods in 2010/2011 .

Eromanga claims to be the most distant place in Australia from a sea. In fact, this does not correspond to reality, but so far no other place has made this claim.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics : Eromanga ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  2. a b eromanga.vpweb.com.au ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Eromanga , in English, accessed February 20, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / eromanga.vpweb.com.au
  3. queenslandholidays.com.au : Eromanga , in English, accessed January 24, 2013
  4. Grace Hill: Eromanga. In: gracehill.blogspot.de. August 2, 2007, accessed January 14, 2016 .