Ballara, Queensland
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Ballara is the site of a deserted mining town in north-western Queensland, Australia, in the Selwyn Range between the towns of Mount Isa and Cloncurry.[1] It includes the remains of a railway station for a long-closed narrow-gauge railway.[2] Ballara is commemorated in the scientific name of the Kalkadoon Grasswren (Amytornis ballarae).[3]
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- ^ Maltese crosses of the Mount Isa region
- ^ Kerr, John. (August 2004). From Ballara to Hightville: A Remote 2ft Gauge Solution. Light Railways 178: 3-11.
- ^ Birds Queensland Gazetteer
Coordinates: 20°55′S 139°58′E / 20.917°S 139.967°E
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