Tanbar, Queensland
| Tanbar Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Turn-off from Arrabury Road to Haddon Corner, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
  Tanbar | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°10′15″S 141°32′02″E / 26.1708°S 141.5338°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00026/km2 (0.00068/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4481 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 11,465.6 km2 (4,426.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Barcoo | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Tanbar is an outback locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is on the corner of Queensland's southern and western border with South Australia. In the 2016 census Tanbar had a population of 3 people.[1]
Geography[edit]
Haddon Corner is the point of Queensland's southern and western border with South Australia (26°00′00″S 141°00′00″E / 26.0000°S 141.0000°E).[3] It is in the south-west of the locality.[4]
Lake Yamma Yamma (also known as Lake Mackillop) is in the centre of the locality (26°20′00″S 141°25′00″E / 26.3333°S 141.4166°E).[5] It is 736 square kilometres (284 sq mi) and is ephemeral,[4] holding water only when Cooper Creek floods. It rarely fills (about every 25 to 30 years). It is Queensland's largest ephemeral lake.[6]
The Birdsville Developmental Road enters the locality from the north (Farrars Creek), passes through the north of the locality, and exits to the north-west (Birdsville). Arrabury Road branches off from the Birdsville Developmental Road shortly after it enters the locality and then proceeds south-west and then south into Durham (remaining west of Lake Yamma Yamma).[4]
The land use is grazing on native vegetation.[4]
History[edit]
The name Haddon Corner is derived from Haddon Downs, the pastoral property in the corner on the South Australian side. It was established in 1877 by pastoralists William and John Howie.[3]
In the 2016 census Tanbar had a population of 3 people.[1]
Heritage listings[edit]
Heritage-listed sites in Tanbar include:
- Haddon Corner, where a survey marker indicates the corner [7]
Economy[edit]
There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:[8]
- Arrabury (26°45′39″S 141°01′40″E / 26.7609°S 141.0278°E)
- Curalle Tin Shed (26°02′25″S 141°19′45″E / 26.0404°S 141.3293°E)
- Gilpeppee Outstation (26°09′19″S 141°38′02″E / 26.1553°S 141.6340°E)
- Nulla Outstation (26°19′13″S 141°10′40″E / 26.3204°S 141.1777°E)
- Planet Downs Outstation, outstation of Arrabury (25°52′19″S 141°06′49″E / 25.8719°S 141.1135°E)
- Tanbar Station (25°50′31″S 141°55′06″E / 25.8419°S 141.9182°E)
Education[edit]
There are no schools in Tanbar and none nearby.[4] Distance education and boarding schools are the options.
Transport[edit]
There are a number of airstrips in the locality, including:
- Arrabury airstrip, serving the homestead (26°45′32″S 141°01′38″E / 26.7589°S 141.0272°E)[9]
- Arrabury airstrip (26°41′46″S 141°02′49″E / 26.6962°S 141.0469°E)[9]
- Planet Downs Outstation airstrip, serving the outstation (25°52′29″S 141°06′56″E / 25.8748°S 141.1155°E)[9]
- Tanbar airstrip, serving the homestead (25°51′05″S 141°55′47″E / 25.8515°S 141.9298°E)[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tanbar (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Tanbar – locality in Shire of Barcoo (entry 50026)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Haddon Corner – corner in Shire of Barcoo (entry 15173)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Lake Yamma Yamma – lake in Shire of Barcoo (entry 38402)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". BirdLife International. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Haddon Corner (entry 602807)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Homesteads - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Heliports and landing grounds - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
External links[edit]
Media related to Tanbar, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons