Muttaburra
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Muttaburra Queensland |
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 Muttaburra
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| Coordinates | 22°36′S 144°33′E / 22.600°S 144.550°ECoordinates: 22°36′S 144°33′E / 22.600°S 144.550°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 328 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4732 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Barcaldine Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Muttaburra /ˈmʌtəbʌrə/ is a town and locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Muttaburra had a population of 328 people.
Muttaburra is in the central west of Queensland. The town is located on the banks of the Thomson River, approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of the town of Longreach and 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Aramac.
The Great Dividing Range is the main feature to the east of Muttaburra. The region is a sub-basin of the Great Artesian Basin. The Great Artesian Basin supplies water from bores to the towns of Muttaburra and Aramac. The area is well known for its good quality land that is used for sheep and cattle grazing. The main industry of the Muttaburra area is grazing.
The name of the town derived from an Aboriginal word mootaburra meaning “the meeting of waters” or "camping ground" or "meeting place". The area was once part of a vast inland sea.
Muttaburra developed as a town in the 1870s. In the Brisbane Courier of 10 October 1877, the local correspondent noted that,
"The Land Commissioner has been round this way lately, and surveyed the new township, one and a half mile from Mount Cornish; its name I do not know, and I don’t think anybody else does, as it is undecided. I hear there is a store open now, also a public house, and I suppose there will be other business places shortly."
The town was officially declared in 1878. Bruford Street, the main street, took its name from a saddler, Mr. Bruford, who established a saddlery repair shop there, in that same year. The need for other services, such as hotels, the Cobb & Co changing station, blacksmiths, banks and general stores were also soon accommodated. 50 allotments of Crown Land were made available to the public for sale by public auction at Aramac on the 18 June 1878, at which "Mr Sword, Land Commissioner, disposed of forty six town allotments situated at Muttaburra. They were one acre divisions, upset price £10. Twenty three fetched the upset price, the remainder sold at a considerable advance, two of the lots realising £50 each."
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