Dirranbandi is a town of approximately 300 persons in south-western Queensland, Australia. It is an Aboriginal word meaning "swamp abounding in frogs and waterfowl". Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. ...
It sits on the Castlereagh Highway and the Balonne River. National Route 55 State Route 86 The Castlereagh Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. ... The Condamine River drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland. ...
It is notable for the population increase each year as seasonal workers come to work on the extensive cotton fields. Due to the low annual rainfall, irrigation is used extensively. Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Irrigating cotton fields Irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. ...
The Culgoa Floodplain National Park is nearby. Culgoa Floodplain is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 627 km west of Brisbane. ...
Queensland is the only state still refusing to sign on to the Murray-Darling water cap.
Queensland argued that it did not suffer from salinity or the water scarcity problems experienced in the southern reaches of the Murray-Darling system and therefore should not be bound by the same restrictions.
But the level of development in Queensland and, by implication the lack of understanding of the environmental consequences, has dismayed local environmentalists and focused the attention of conservation groups around the country.
Nearby villages are, in New South Wales, Weemelah, Garah, Ashley and Boomi, and in Queensland, Thallon, Dirranbandi and Hebel.
Queensland became a separate colony in 1859 and by 1862 the Queensland Government was operating a packhorse mail service between Surat and Yarawa.
As Mungindi, Queensland's Postmaster he was not empowered to deal with letters bearing N.S.W. stamps so he applied for, and was appointed to the position of Postmaster of Mungindi, N.S.W. in 1867.
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