Roma, Queensland

Roma Queensland
Aerial view of Roma
Roma
Coordinates	26°34′24″S 148°47′12″E / 26.57333°S 148.78667°E / -26.57333; 148.78667Coordinates: 26°34′24″S 148°47′12″E / 26.57333°S 148.78667°E / -26.57333; 148.78667
Population	6,906 (2011 census)
Established	1867
Postcode(s)	4455
Elevation	299.4 m (982 ft)
Location	479 km (298 mi) from Brisbane 355 km (221 mi) from Toowoomba
LGA(s)	Maranoa Region
State electorate(s)	Warrego
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 27.7 °C 82 °F 12.7 °C 55 °F 591.5 mm 23.3 in
Localities around Roma: Euthulla Orange Hill Euthulla Euthulla Dargal Road Roma Euthulla Tingun Bungil Bungil Tingun

Roma is a town, locality and the administrative centre in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. The town was incorporated in 1867 and is named after Lady Diamantina Bowen (née di Roma), the wife of Sir George Bowen, the Governor of Queensland at the time. At the 2011 census, Roma had a population of 6,906.

Roma is in the Maranoa district of South West Queensland, Australia, 515 km (320 mi) by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways. It is the centre of a rich pastoral and wheat-growing district.

Roma was named after Lady Diamantina Bowen (Contessa Diamantina di Roma), wife of the first Governor of Queensland, George Bowen, in 1867. In 1863 Samuel Symons Bassett brought Queensland's vine cuttings to Roma and established the Romaville Winery and a century later, Roma was the site of Australia's first oil and gas discoveries.

Captain Starlight, a cattle rustler, was tried and acquitted in the Roma Courthouse in February 1873. No successful conviction for cattle rustling has been made in Roma.

Roma has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Roma has a humid subtropical climate, which gets enough precipitation to avoid the semi-arid climate. Its location on the far south of the Carnarvon Range at an elevation of 299 meters above sea level means that it is cooler and wetter than the plains to the south and west, while being warmer and drier than areas to the north and east.