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Camooweal is an outback town and locality in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] The locality is on the Queensland border with the Northern Territory. In the 2021 census, the locality of Camooweal had a population of 236 people.[1]

Camooweal
Queensland
Post Office Hotel, 2019
Camooweal
Coordinates19°55′16″S 138°07′10″E / 19.9211°S 138.1194°E / -19.9211; 138.1194 (Camooweal (town centre))
Population236 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.02475/km2 (0.06409/sq mi)
Established1884
Postcode(s)4828
Elevation231.2 m (759 ft)
Area9,537.0 km2 (3,682.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)City of Mount Isa
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
32.9 °C
91 °F		 17.7 °C
64 °F		 399.4 mm
15.7 in

Geography edit

The locality of Camooweal is in north-western in the Gulf Region bounded by the west by the Northern Territory. The town of Camooweal is located in the south-west corner of the locality.[4] The town is 169 kilometres (105 mi) north-west of the city of Mount Isa and 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the Northern Territory border.

The Barkly Highway enters the locality from the south (Barkly), passes from east to west through the town centre (where it is known as Barkly Street) and then exits to the west (Northern Territory).[4]

 
Crossing the bridge over the waterless Georgina River on the Barkly High heading west out of Camooweal, 2019

The Georgina River enters the locality from the west (Northern Territory), passes to the immediate west of the town and then exits to south of the locality (Barkly). Lake Francis (19°55′38″S 138°06′58″E / 19.9272°S 138.1161°E / -19.9272; 138.1161 (Lake Francis)) and Lake Canellan (19°56′55″S 138°06′26″E / 19.9486°S 138.1072°E / -19.9486; 138.1072 (Lake Canellan)) are both on the Georgina River and lie to the south-east of the town.[5][6] Lake Mary (19°52′00″S 138°06′00″E / 19.8666°S 138.1°E / -19.8666; 138.1 (Lake Mary)) is another lake on the river 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of town.[7]

The locality is a drainage divide running from the north-west to the south-east of the locality. The watercourses in the north and east of the locality are tributaries of the Nicholson River which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north. Gulf drainage Whereas the watercourses in the south and west of the locality are tributaries of the Georgina River which is part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin.[4]

Camooweal has the following mountains:

The Camooweal Caves National Park (20°01′04″S 138°11′28″E / 20.0178°S 138.1911°E / -20.0178; 138.1911 (Camooweal Caves National Park)) is a 13,800-hectare (34,000-acre) protected area in the south-west of the locality to the south-east of the town.[4][11] Crater of Caves is an area (20°03′00″S 138°11′00″E / 20.05°S 138.1833°E / -20.05; 138.1833 (Crater of Caves)) within the park.[12] Cavern is another area with caves but outside of the national park (19°49′00″S 138°05′00″E / 19.8166°S 138.0833°E / -19.8166; 138.0833 (Cavern)).[13]

Apart from the national park, the predominant land use in the locality is grazing on native vegetation.[4]

History edit

The area was originally inhabited by the Indjilandji Indigenous Australians.[14][15]

William Landsborough in 1861 named the Barkly Tablelands after the Governor of Victoria, His Excellency, Sir Henry Barkly. He also named Lake Francis after his niece Frances Landsborough.[5] The first Britisher to attempt to colonise the area was George Sutherland, who took up the Rocklands lease in 1865. Sutherland arrived at Lake Mary on the Georgina River with 8,000 sheep, which caused the Aboriginal people, who were sleeping at time, to run. Sutherland was attacked by them on several occasions in the following months. When fellow colonists William Lyne and Henry Steiglitz arrived on the river, Sutherland "deemed it fully time to make a raid and drive them [the Aboriginal people] back." One of the group fired a shot, hitting a group of boomerangs which scared the Aboriginal people into fleeing.[16] Stock losses to the local dingos and wedge-tailed eagles; lack of water and isolation soon forced him to abandon his lease. The Englishmen Benjamin Crosthwaite and William Tetley, who were marginally more successful, took up the lease again in 1876.

The origin of the town's name is uncertain. One theory is that it take its name from surveyor George Telford Weale, who surveyed the area using camels in the early 1880s.[17][18][19] Another theory is that it is an Aboriginal word meaning strong wind.[2]

The initial town was gazetted in 1884 to be built on a 4-square-mile (10 km2) plot by Lake Francis. A year later the present site was re-gazetted. The Rocklands Post Office was removed and Camooweal Post Office opened on 27 April 1885.[20][21] A police station opened in 1886.

Camooweal Provisional School opened on 5 June 1893. On 1 Jan 1909 it became Camooweal State School.[22]

The town bore was drilled in 1897.

On 2 January 1931, a Qantas Air Ambulance from the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia flown by E.G. Donaldson rescued a man in Camooweal and delivered him to Brisbane.

 
Convoys of Australian Army vehicles at Camooweal, travelling along the Barkly Highway, 2019

The road through Camooweal to the Northern Territory (now the Barkly Highway) was the inland defence route for World War II. This road was built by army engineers and carried over 1000 vehicles a day and there are numerous historical sites marked along the road.

The town had electricity from 1952.

 
Plaque commemorating the opening of St Therese's Catholic Church on 30 April 1961

St Therese's Catholic Church was officially opened on 30 April 1961 by Hugh Edward Ryan, Bishop of Townsville.[23]

The Camooweal Caves National Park was gazetted on 16 December 1994.[11]

 
Driving across the Georgina River Bridge from Camooweal looking south towards the old bridge below, 2019

Given the economic importance of transport on the Barkly Highway (the only sealed road between Queensland and the Northern Territory), a longstanding problem was the flooding of the Georgina River at Camooweal. During floods, the Barkly Highway bridge over the Georgina River was often unusable for many days, with road trains and other heavy vehicles having to wait weeks before it was safe to cross. To alleviate these problems, the new Georgina River Bridge was officially opened on 20 December 2002 by Senator Ron Boswell and Steve Breadhauer, Minister for Transport in the Queensland Government. It replaced the previous bridge which was approximately 50 metres (160 ft) south and was both higher and longer so traffic on the highway could continue to cross during floods. The bridge is 417 metres (1,368 ft) long and is accompanied by a 5.6-kilometre (3.5 mi) highway deviation west from Camooweal. The bridge uses an unusual arch design to avoid placing pylons into the river bed which is culturally significant to the local Dugalunji people, who call the new bridge Ilaga Thuwani meaning The Camping Ground of the Rainbow Serpent.[24][25][26][27]

In 2005 the Mount Isa City Council erected a war memorial outside the community hall (former shire hall of the Shire of Barkly Tableland).[28]

At the 2011 census, the locality of Camooweal had a population of 187.[29] At the 2016 census, it had a population of 208, [30] and at the 2021 census, it had a population of 236.[1]

Heritage listings edit

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

Education edit

 
Camooweal State School, 2019

Camooweal State School is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at Nowranie Street (19°55′08″S 138°07′13″E / 19.9188°S 138.1203°E / -19.9188; 138.1203 (Camooweal State School)).[35][36] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 31 students with 3 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[37]

There are no secondary schools within reach of the locality (the nearest is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa). The options are distance education and boarding school. Spinifex State College has boarding facilities.[4][38]

Economy edit

There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including:[39]

Transport edit

 
Camooweal Airport, 2019

Camooweal Airport serves the town and is just to the north-east of the town (19°54′53″S 138°07′31″E / 19.9146°S 138.1252°E / -19.9146; 138.1252 (Camooweal Airport)).[40]

There are numerous airstrips in the locality including:

Facilities edit

 
Police station, 2019

Camooweal Police Station is at 40 Nowranie Street (19°55′11″S 138°07′14″E / 19.9197°S 138.1205°E / -19.9197; 138.1205 (Camooweal Police Station)).[42][43]

Camooweal Volunteer Rural Fire Service and SES Facility is at 21 Barkly Street (19°55′19″S 138°07′17″E / 19.9219°S 138.1214°E / -19.9219; 138.1214 (Camooweal RFS and SES Facility)).[42]

Camooweal Primary Health Care Clinic and ambulance station is at 52–60 Morrison Street (19°55′06″S 138°07′19″E / 19.9182°S 138.1220°E / -19.9182; 138.1220 (Camooweal health centre and ambulance station)).[42][44][45][46]

 
Camooweal Cemetery, 2019

Camooweal Cemetery is at the end of Cemetery Road, east of the airport (19°54′51″S 138°07′47″E / 19.9142°S 138.1298°E / -19.9142; 138.1298 (Camooweal Cemetery)). It is operated by the Mount Isa City Council.[47]

Amenities edit

 
St Therese's Catholic Church, 2019

St Theresa's Catholic Church is at 31 Nowranie Street (19°55′13″S 138°07′12″E / 19.9204°S 138.1199°E / -19.9204; 138.1199 (St Therese's Catholic Church)).[48] It is part of the Good Shepherd Catholic Parish in Mount Isa.[49]

 
Camooweal post office, 2019

Camooweal Post Office is at 29 Barkly Street (19°55′18″S 138°07′14″E / 19.9217°S 138.1206°E / -19.9217; 138.1206 (Camooweal Post Office)).[50]

The Post Office Hotel Motel and Caravan Park at 39 Barkly Street (19°55′18″S 138°07′11″E / 19.9216°S 138.1198°E / -19.9216; 138.1198 (Post Office Hotel Motel and Caravan Park)) provides accommodation, food and drink.

There are a number of parks in the area:

Along the main road (the Barkly Highway) there are several caravan stops or van parks which will take mobile homes and tents.

Attractions edit

 
Statue of a drover on horseback, 2019

The Drover's Camp is a museum celebrating the contribution of drovers. It is just off the Barkly Highway about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the town at 56 Beaumont Street (19°55′18″S 138°08′00″E / 19.9216°S 138.1332°E / -19.9216; 138.1332 (Drover's Camp)).[52]

Events edit

The Drover's Camp Festival is held annually in August. It was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[52]

There are regular rodeos, campdrafts, gymkhanas, and horse racing events held most years.

In popular culture edit

Australian country musician Slim Dusty recorded a song written by David Kirkpatrick and Alex "Mack" Cormack entitled simply The Ballad of Camooweal which features this town.[53]

Climate edit

Climate data for Camooweal (Camooweal Township 1891-2016)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 46.0
(114.8) 		45.5
(113.9) 		42.8
(109.0) 		40.0
(104.0) 		38.4
(101.1) 		35.6
(96.1) 		35.7
(96.3) 		37.3
(99.1) 		41.0
(105.8) 		44.0
(111.2) 		44.5
(112.1) 		46.6
(115.9) 		46.6
(115.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 37.3
(99.1) 		36.3
(97.3) 		35.3
(95.5) 		33.0
(91.4) 		29.0
(84.2) 		26.0
(78.8) 		25.8
(78.4) 		28.4
(83.1) 		32.4
(90.3) 		35.8
(96.4) 		37.6
(99.7) 		38.0
(100.4) 		32.9
(91.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 24.3
(75.7) 		23.7
(74.7) 		21.8
(71.2) 		18.0
(64.4) 		13.5
(56.3) 		9.9
(49.8) 		8.8
(47.8) 		10.9
(51.6) 		15.2
(59.4) 		19.5
(67.1) 		22.4
(72.3) 		23.8
(74.8) 		17.7
(63.9)
Record low °C (°F) 13.5
(56.3) 		12.8
(55.0) 		10.0
(50.0) 		4.4
(39.9) 		2.4
(36.3) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		0.0
(32.0) 		3.9
(39.0) 		5.7
(42.3) 		11.4
(52.5) 		14.4
(57.9) 		−2.2
(28.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 98.8
(3.89) 		93.0
(3.66) 		55.5
(2.19) 		14.2
(0.56) 		10.9
(0.43) 		10.0
(0.39) 		5.5
(0.22) 		3.0
(0.12) 		6.5
(0.26) 		13.7
(0.54) 		29.3
(1.15) 		62.9
(2.48) 		403.3
(15.89)
Average rainy days 8.4 8.2 5.4 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 1.2 2.6 4.4 6.4 42
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology[54]

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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Camooweal is an outback town and locality in the City of Mount Isa Queensland Australia 2 3 The locality is on the Queensland border with the Northern Territory In the 2021 census the locality of Camooweal had a population of 236 people 1 Camooweal QueenslandPost Office Hotel 2019CamoowealCoordinates19 55 16 S 138 07 10 E 19 9211 S 138 1194 E 19 9211 138 1194 Camooweal town centre Population236 2021 census 1 Density0 02475 km2 0 06409 sq mi Established1884Postcode s 4828Elevation231 2 m 759 ft Area9 537 0 km2 3 682 3 sq mi Time zoneAEST UTC 10 00 Location190 km 118 mi NW of Mount Isa471 km 293 mi E of Tennant Creek NT 1 094 km 680 mi W of Townsville1 410 km 876 mi SE of Darwin NT 2 015 km 1 252 mi NW of BrisbaneLGA s City of Mount IsaState electorate s TraegerFederal division s KennedyMean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall32 9 C 91 F 17 7 C 64 F 399 4 mm 15 7 inLocalities around Camooweal Northern Territory Lawn Hill GregoryNorthern Territory Camooweal GunpowderNorthern Territory Barkly Mount Isa locality Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Heritage listings 4 Education 5 Economy 6 Transport 7 Facilities 8 Amenities 9 Attractions 10 Events 11 In popular culture 12 Climate 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External linksGeography editThe locality of Camooweal is in north western in the Gulf Region bounded by the west by the Northern Territory The town of Camooweal is located in the south west corner of the locality 4 The town is 169 kilometres 105 mi north west of the city of Mount Isa and 12 km 7 5 mi east of the Northern Territory border The Barkly Highway enters the locality from the south Barkly passes from east to west through the town centre where it is known as Barkly Street and then exits to the west Northern Territory 4 nbsp Crossing the bridge over the waterless Georgina River on the Barkly High heading west out of Camooweal 2019 The Georgina River enters the locality from the west Northern Territory passes to the immediate west of the town and then exits to south of the locality Barkly Lake Francis 19 55 38 S 138 06 58 E 19 9272 S 138 1161 E 19 9272 138 1161 Lake Francis and Lake Canellan 19 56 55 S 138 06 26 E 19 9486 S 138 1072 E 19 9486 138 1072 Lake Canellan are both on the Georgina River and lie to the south east of the town 5 6 Lake Mary 19 52 00 S 138 06 00 E 19 8666 S 138 1 E 19 8666 138 1 Lake Mary is another lake on the river 7 kilometres 4 3 mi north west of town 7 The locality is a drainage divide running from the north west to the south east of the locality The watercourses in the north and east of the locality are tributaries of the Nicholson River which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north Gulf drainage Whereas the watercourses in the south and west of the locality are tributaries of the Georgina River which is part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin 4 Camooweal has the following mountains Dog Tooth 19 33 35 S 138 40 43 E 19 5597 S 138 6786 E 19 5597 138 6786 Dog Tooth 287 metres 942 ft 8 9 Quality Knobs 19 36 34 S 138 40 38 E 19 6095 S 138 6771 E 19 6095 138 6771 Quality Knobs 280 metres 920 ft 8 10 The Camooweal Caves National Park 20 01 04 S 138 11 28 E 20 0178 S 138 1911 E 20 0178 138 1911 Camooweal Caves National Park is a 13 800 hectare 34 000 acre protected area in the south west of the locality to the south east of the town 4 11 Crater of Caves is an area 20 03 00 S 138 11 00 E 20 05 S 138 1833 E 20 05 138 1833 Crater of Caves within the park 12 Cavern is another area with caves but outside of the national park 19 49 00 S 138 05 00 E 19 8166 S 138 0833 E 19 8166 138 0833 Cavern 13 Apart from the national park the predominant land use in the locality is grazing on native vegetation 4 History editThe area was originally inhabited by the Indjilandji Indigenous Australians 14 15 William Landsborough in 1861 named the Barkly Tablelands after the Governor of Victoria His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly He also named Lake Francis after his niece Frances Landsborough 5 The first Britisher to attempt to colonise the area was George Sutherland who took up the Rocklands lease in 1865 Sutherland arrived at Lake Mary on the Georgina River with 8 000 sheep which caused the Aboriginal people who were sleeping at time to run Sutherland was attacked by them on several occasions in the following months When fellow colonists William Lyne and Henry Steiglitz arrived on the river Sutherland deemed it fully time to make a raid and drive them the Aboriginal people back One of the group fired a shot hitting a group of boomerangs which scared the Aboriginal people into fleeing 16 Stock losses to the local dingos and wedge tailed eagles lack of water and isolation soon forced him to abandon his lease The Englishmen Benjamin Crosthwaite and William Tetley who were marginally more successful took up the lease again in 1876 The origin of the town s name is uncertain One theory is that it take its name from surveyor George Telford Weale who surveyed the area using camels in the early 1880s 17 18 19 Another theory is that it is an Aboriginal word meaning strong wind 2 The initial town was gazetted in 1884 to be built on a 4 square mile 10 km2 plot by Lake Francis A year later the present site was re gazetted The Rocklands Post Office was removed and Camooweal Post Office opened on 27 April 1885 20 21 A police station opened in 1886 Camooweal Provisional School opened on 5 June 1893 On 1 Jan 1909 it became Camooweal State School 22 The town bore was drilled in 1897 On 2 January 1931 a Qantas Air Ambulance from the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia flown by E G Donaldson rescued a man in Camooweal and delivered him to Brisbane nbsp Convoys of Australian Army vehicles at Camooweal travelling along the Barkly Highway 2019 The road through Camooweal to the Northern Territory now the Barkly Highway was the inland defence route for World War II This road was built by army engineers and carried over 1000 vehicles a day and there are numerous historical sites marked along the road The town had electricity from 1952 nbsp Plaque commemorating the opening of St Therese s Catholic Church on 30 April 1961 St Therese s Catholic Church was officially opened on 30 April 1961 by Hugh Edward Ryan Bishop of Townsville 23 The Camooweal Caves National Park was gazetted on 16 December 1994 11 nbsp Driving across the Georgina River Bridge from Camooweal looking south towards the old bridge below 2019 Given the economic importance of transport on the Barkly Highway the only sealed road between Queensland and the Northern Territory a longstanding problem was the flooding of the Georgina River at Camooweal During floods the Barkly Highway bridge over the Georgina River was often unusable for many days with road trains and other heavy vehicles having to wait weeks before it was safe to cross To alleviate these problems the new Georgina River Bridge was officially opened on 20 December 2002 by Senator Ron Boswell and Steve Breadhauer Minister for Transport in the Queensland Government It replaced the previous bridge which was approximately 50 metres 160 ft south and was both higher and longer so traffic on the highway could continue to cross during floods The bridge is 417 metres 1 368 ft long and is accompanied by a 5 6 kilometre 3 5 mi highway deviation west from Camooweal The bridge uses an unusual arch design to avoid placing pylons into the river bed which is culturally significant to the local Dugalunji people who call the new bridge Ilaga Thuwani meaning The Camping Ground of the Rainbow Serpent 24 25 26 27 In 2005 the Mount Isa City Council erected a war memorial outside the community hall former shire hall of the Shire of Barkly Tableland 28 At the 2011 census the locality of Camooweal had a population of 187 29 At the 2016 census it had a population of 208 30 and at the 2021 census it had a population of 236 1 Heritage listings editCamooweal has a number of heritage listed sites including 32 Barkly Street 19 55 16 S 138 07 14 E 19 9212 S 138 1205 E 19 9212 138 1205 Camooweal Community Hall Community Hall 31 44 Barkly Street 19 55 16 S 138 07 06 E 19 9212 S 138 1183 E 19 9212 138 1183 Freckleton s Stores Freckleton s Stores 32 Barkly Highway 19 55 08 S 138 06 50 E 19 919 S 138 1139 E 19 919 138 1139 Tree of Knowledge Tree of Knowledge 33 Rocklands Station 19 51 14 S 138 06 22 E 19 854 S 138 1062 E 19 854 138 1062 Hodgkinson s Marked Tree Hodgkinson s Marked Tree 34 Education edit nbsp Camooweal State School 2019 Camooweal State School is a government primary Early Childhood to Year 6 school for boys and girls at Nowranie Street 19 55 08 S 138 07 13 E 19 9188 S 138 1203 E 19 9188 138 1203 Camooweal State School 35 36 In 2018 the school had an enrolment of 31 students with 3 teachers and 5 non teaching staff 3 full time equivalent 37 There are no secondary schools within reach of the locality the nearest is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa The options are distance education and boarding school Spinifex State College has boarding facilities 4 38 Economy editThere are a number of homesteads in the locality including 39 Don 20 06 49 S 138 07 23 E 20 1137 S 138 1230 E 20 1137 138 1230 Don homestead Morstone 19 31 34 S 138 21 56 E 19 5261 S 138 3655 E 19 5261 138 3655 Morstone homestead No 3 Outstation 19 21 23 S 138 04 30 E 19 3563 S 138 0750 E 19 3563 138 0750 No 3 Outstation homestead Old Morstone 19 26 14 S 138 30 06 E 19 4372 S 138 5017 E 19 4372 138 5017 Old Morstone homestead Rocklands 19 51 40 S 138 06 08 E 19 8611 S 138 1021 E 19 8611 138 1021 Rocklands homestead Split Rock 19 54 09 S 138 39 06 E 19 9024 S 138 6518 E 19 9024 138 6518 Split Rock homestead Thorntonia 19 30 10 S 138 56 40 E 19 5027 S 138 9444 E 19 5027 138 9444 Thorntonia homestead Undilla 19 37 27 S 138 38 18 E 19 6242 S 138 6384 E 19 6242 138 6384 Undilla homestead Transport edit nbsp Camooweal Airport 2019 Camooweal Airport serves the town and is just to the north east of the town 19 54 53 S 138 07 31 E 19 9146 S 138 1252 E 19 9146 138 1252 Camooweal Airport 40 There are numerous airstrips in the locality including Camooweal Caves NP airstrip 19 59 25 S 138 10 26 E 19 9902 S 138 1739 E 19 9902 138 1739 Camooweal Caves NP airstrip 41 Herbert Vale airstrip also known as No 3 Outstation 19 21 37 S 138 04 30 E 19 3602 S 138 0751 E 19 3602 138 0751 Herbert Vale No 3 outstation airstrip 41 Morstone airstrip 19 30 36 S 138 22 04 E 19 5100 S 138 3677 E 19 5100 138 3677 Morstone Airstrip 41 Rocklands airstrip 1 19 52 13 S 138 06 16 E 19 8703 S 138 1045 E 19 8703 138 1045 Rocklands airstrip 1 41 Rocklands airstrip 2 19 53 00 S 138 23 43 E 19 8833 S 138 3953 E 19 8833 138 3953 Rocklands airstrip 2 41 Rocklands airstrip 3 19 44 46 S 138 02 06 E 19 7462 S 138 0351 E 19 7462 138 0351 Rocklands airstrip 3 41 Rocklands airstrip 4 19 47 02 S 138 13 54 E 19 7839 S 138 2317 E 19 7839 138 2317 Rocklands airstrip 4 near Chester Creek bore 41 Rocklands airstrip 5 19 49 13 S 138 21 06 E 19 8204 S 138 3516 E 19 8204 138 3516 Rocklands airstrip 5 near Coolibah Dam 41 Rocklands airstrip 6 also known as Darien Gate 19 16 23 S 138 03 23 E 19 2731 S 138 0565 E 19 2731 138 0565 Rocklands 6 Dariel Gate airstrip 41 Thorntonia airstrip 19 30 37 S 138 56 31 E 19 5102 S 138 9419 E 19 5102 138 9419 Thorntonia airstrip 41 Undilla airstrip also known as Promised Land 19 37 17 S 138 37 57 E 19 6215 S 138 6325 E 19 6215 138 6325 Undilla Promised Land airstrip 41 Facilities edit nbsp Police station 2019 Camooweal Police Station is at 40 Nowranie Street 19 55 11 S 138 07 14 E 19 9197 S 138 1205 E 19 9197 138 1205 Camooweal Police Station 42 43 Camooweal Volunteer Rural Fire Service and SES Facility is at 21 Barkly Street 19 55 19 S 138 07 17 E 19 9219 S 138 1214 E 19 9219 138 1214 Camooweal RFS and SES Facility 42 Camooweal Primary Health Care Clinic and ambulance station is at 52 60 Morrison Street 19 55 06 S 138 07 19 E 19 9182 S 138 1220 E 19 9182 138 1220 Camooweal health centre and ambulance station 42 44 45 46 nbsp Camooweal Cemetery 2019 Camooweal Cemetery is at the end of Cemetery Road east of the airport 19 54 51 S 138 07 47 E 19 9142 S 138 1298 E 19 9142 138 1298 Camooweal Cemetery It is operated by the Mount Isa City Council 47 Amenities edit nbsp St Therese s Catholic Church 2019 St Theresa s Catholic Church is at 31 Nowranie Street 19 55 13 S 138 07 12 E 19 9204 S 138 1199 E 19 9204 138 1199 St Therese s Catholic Church 48 It is part of the Good Shepherd Catholic Parish in Mount Isa 49 nbsp Camooweal post office 2019 Camooweal Post Office is at 29 Barkly Street 19 55 18 S 138 07 14 E 19 9217 S 138 1206 E 19 9217 138 1206 Camooweal Post Office 50 The Post Office Hotel Motel and Caravan Park at 39 Barkly Street 19 55 18 S 138 07 11 E 19 9216 S 138 1198 E 19 9216 138 1198 Post Office Hotel Motel and Caravan Park provides accommodation food and drink There are a number of parks in the area Sportsground cricket amp tennis 19 Barkly Street 19 55 22 S 138 07 18 E 19 9227 S 138 1217 E 19 9227 138 1217 Unnamed park 51 Ellen Finlay Memorial Park 26 30 Nowranie Street 19 55 15 S 138 07 14 E 19 9207 S 138 1206 E 19 9207 138 1206 Unnamed park 51 Cronin Park racecourse and showgrounds Camooweal Urandangi Road 19 55 37 S 138 07 26 E 19 9269 S 138 1239 E 19 9269 138 1239 Racecourse Showgrounds Along the main road the Barkly Highway there are several caravan stops or van parks which will take mobile homes and tents Attractions edit nbsp Statue of a drover on horseback 2019 The Drover s Camp is a museum celebrating the contribution of drovers It is just off the Barkly Highway about 1 kilometre 0 62 mi east of the town at 56 Beaumont Street 19 55 18 S 138 08 00 E 19 9216 S 138 1332 E 19 9216 138 1332 Drover s Camp 52 Events editThe Drover s Camp Festival is held annually in August It was not held in 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 52 There are regular rodeos campdrafts gymkhanas and horse racing events held most years In popular culture editAustralian country musician Slim Dusty recorded a song written by David Kirkpatrick and Alex Mack Cormack entitled simply The Ballad of Camooweal which features this town 53 Climate editClimate data for Camooweal Camooweal Township 1891 2016 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high C F 46 0 114 8 45 5 113 9 42 8 109 0 40 0 104 0 38 4 101 1 35 6 96 1 35 7 96 3 37 3 99 1 41 0 105 8 44 0 111 2 44 5 112 1 46 6 115 9 46 6 115 9 Mean daily maximum C F 37 3 99 1 36 3 97 3 35 3 95 5 33 0 91 4 29 0 84 2 26 0 78 8 25 8 78 4 28 4 83 1 32 4 90 3 35 8 96 4 37 6 99 7 38 0 100 4 32 9 91 2 Mean daily minimum C F 24 3 75 7 23 7 74 7 21 8 71 2 18 0 64 4 13 5 56 3 9 9 49 8 8 8 47 8 10 9 51 6 15 2 59 4 19 5 67 1 22 4 72 3 23 8 74 8 17 7 63 9 Record low C F 13 5 56 3 12 8 55 0 10 0 50 0 4 4 39 9 2 4 36 3 2 2 28 0 0 3 31 5 0 0 32 0 3 9 39 0 5 7 42 3 11 4 52 5 14 4 57 9 2 2 28 0 Average rainfall mm inches 98 8 3 89 93 0 3 66 55 5 2 19 14 2 0 56 10 9 0 43 10 0 0 39 5 5 0 22 3 0 0 12 6 5 0 26 13 7 0 54 29 3 1 15 62 9 2 48 403 3 15 89 Average rainy days 8 4 8 2 5 4 1 6 1 3 1 1 0 9 0 5 1 2 2 6 4 4 6 4 42 Source Australian Bureau of Meteorology 54 References edit a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 Camooweal SAL 2021 Census QuickStats Retrieved 9 February 2023 nbsp a b Camooweal town in City of Mount Isa entry 5880 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 19 December 2020 Camooweal locality in City of Mount Isa entry 42312 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 19 December 2020 a b c d e f Queensland Globe State of Queensland Retrieved 20 December 2020 a b Lake Francis lake in City of Mount Isa entry 13135 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 20 December 2020 Lake Cannelan lake in the City of Mount Isa entry 6045 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 20 December 2020 Lake Mary lake in 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Archived from the original on 20 December 2016 Retrieved 18 December 2016 Further reading editFreckleton s Store Camooweal National Trust of Queensland 1993 Miller Lilian Ada 1999 The border and beyond Camooweal 1884 1984 2nd ed 1 May 1999 ed Lilian Ada Miller published 1984 ISBN 978 0 646 37443 7External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Camooweal Queensland Town map of Camooweal Queensland Government 1980 Archived from the original on 20 December 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Camooweal amp oldid 1219216250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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