Surat (Queensland)

Surat
Hall of the Warroo Shire in Surat
State :  Australia State : Queensland Founded : 1849
Coordinates : 27 ° 9 ′  S , 149 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 9 ′  S , 149 ° 4 ′  E Height : 246  m Area : 2.3  km²
Residents : 407 (2016) Population density : 177 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 4417 LGA : Maranoa region
Surat

Surat is a small country town in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland . This is located on the Balonne River , approx. 75 km south of Roma and approx. 450 km west of Brisbane . It can be reached by car via the Carnarvon Highway and Surat Developmental Road . The 2016 census counted 407 residents.

history

The area was first mapped in 1846 by Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell . Pastoralists had settled in the area by the late 1840s , and in 1849 Mitchell hired one of his surveyors named Burrowes to select a site for a settlement on the Balonne River. Burrowes did so and named the new city after the Indian diamond cutter town of Surat , where he had previously lived.

economy

There are oil fields south of the city.

Web links

Commons : Surat (Queensland)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Maranoa Online - Official website of the Maranoa region (around Surat)
• Queensland Places: Surat . University of Queensland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SURAT . In: Climate Averages for Australian Sites . Bureau of Meteorology . Retrieved January 30, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Surat (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
3. ^ University of Queensland : Queensland Places . Retrieved May 31, 2012.