Ballaroo, Queensland

Ballaroo is a semi-arid rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Ballaroo had a population of 51 people.

Geography

The Cogoon River flows, most often with little flow, through the locality from the north to the south-east where it becomes a tributary of the Balonne River.
Mount First View is in the centre of the locality rising to above sea level. It was named on 3 May 1846 by the New South Wales Surveyor General, Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.

History

The colonial surveyor-general Thomas Mitchell and party followed the Cogoon River from the Balonne to Mount Abundance, when passing through this area in 1846.

Demographics

In the, Ballaroo had a population of 41 people.
In the, Ballaroo had a population of 51 people.

Education

There are no schools in Ballaroo. The nearest government primary schools are:

Dunkeld State School in neighbouring Dunkeld to the west
Roma State College in Roma to the north
Surat State School in Surat to the east
Begonia State School in neighbouring Begonia to the south-west

The nearest government secondary school is Roma State College in Roma, but it is too distant from some parts of Ballarroo that distance education and boarding school would be other options.