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Orallo, Queensland

Coordinates: 26°17′21″S 148°30′43″E / 26.2891°S 148.5119°E / -26.2891; 148.5119 (Orallo (centre of locality))
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Orallo
Queensland
Orallo is located in Queensland
Orallo
Orallo
Coordinates26°17′21″S 148°30′43″E / 26.2891°S 148.5119°E / -26.2891; 148.5119 (Orallo (centre of locality))
Population41 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.0545/km2 (0.1411/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4455
Area752.6 km2 (290.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Maranoa Region
State electorate(s)Warrego
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Orallo:
Kilmorey Falls Cornwall Bymount
Walhallow Orallo Eumamurrin
Mount Bindango Bungeworgorai Euthulla

Orallo is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Orallo had a population of 41 people.[1]

History

The locality's name Orallo comes from the Orallo railway station name, assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on11 November 1915, reportedly an Aboriginal word meaning shade.[2]

Orallo Provisional School opened circa 1918. On 1 October 1922 it became Orallo State School. It closed in 1927.[3]

In the 2016 census Orallo had a population of 41 people.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Orallo (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Orallo – locality in Maranoa Region (entry 47447)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0