Location of Winton in Queensland (red)

Winton is a town and Local Government Area in central west Queensland, Australia, located 177 kilometres northwest of Longreach. Shire population at the 2001 Census was 1616. One of the founding towns of the Australian airline, Qantas. Main industries of the area are sheep and cattle. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1305, 92 KB) [edit] Summary Shows location of w: Winton, Queensland marked in red in the Australian state of w:Queensland. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1305, 92 KB) [edit] Summary Shows location of w: Winton, Queensland marked in red in the Australian state of w:Queensland. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame in Longreach Location of Longreach in Queensland (red) Longreach is a town and shire located in central western Queensland, Australia and is approximately 700 kilometres from the coast, west of Rockhampton. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Qantas (pronounced ) is the name and callsign of the worlds third oldest continuously running independent airline behind KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Avianca. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular and contemporary usage, kine or kyne in pre-modern English, or kye as the Scots plural of cou) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ...

Area surrounding the town has yielded a number of dinosaur fossils, including 'Elliot', a sauropod. Lark Quarry, 115 kilometres southwest of Winton, has preserved evidence of dinosaur stampede. Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... Families Brachiosauridae Camarasauridae Cetiosauridae Diplodocidae Euhelopodidae Nemegtosauridae Titanosauridae Vulcanodontidae Sauropoda, the sauropods, are a suborder or infraorder of the saurischian (lizard-hipped) dinosaurs. ... Lark Quarry in Australia is the site of the worlds only known record of a dinosaur stampede. ...

Winton is intimately involved in the story of the popular Australian folk song, Waltzing Matilda, which had its first performance in the North Gregory Hotel in the town. The song was written locally on a property beside the famous billabong. Waltzing Matilda is usually sung in informal settings, but it was played with a 90 piece orchestra and the 100 voice Melbourne Chorale at the 2005 Classical Spectacular Waltzing Matilda is Australias most widely known song and one that has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many... Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park For other meanings, see Billabong (disambiguation) Billabong is an Australian English word used to refer to an oxbow lake, a stagnant pool of water attached to a waterway. ...

Bi-annually, Winton hosts a week-long outback festival in the main street featuring an iron man race, live bands, competitions and more.