Farrars Creek, Queensland
Farrars Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. In the, Farrars Creek had "no people or a very low population".
Geography
The watercourse Farrars Creek flows through the locality from the north-east to the south-west, where it becomes a tributary of the Diamantina River, part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin.The Diamantina Developmental Road passes through the locality from the south-east to west. The Birdsville Developmental Road passes through the locality from the south-east to the south.
The principal land use is grazing on native vegetation.
History
Karuwali is a language of far western Queensland. The Karuwali language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Diamantina Shire Council, including the localities of Betoota and Haddon Corner.The locality takes its name from the creek, which in turn takes its name after a stockman called Farrar who was employed on John Costello's pastoral property Kyabra.
Demographics
In the, Farrars Creek had "no people or a very low population".In the, Farrars Creek had "no people or a very low population".