Tanbar, Queensland

Tanbar is an outback locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. It is on the corner of Queensland's southern and western border with South Australia. In the, Tanbar had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

Haddon Corner is the point of Queensland's southern and western border with South Australia. It is in the south-west of the locality.
Lake Yamma Yamma is in the centre of the locality. It is and is ephemeral, holding water only when Cooper Creek floods. It rarely fills. It is Queensland's largest ephemeral lake.
The Birdsville Developmental Road enters the locality from the north, passes through the north of the locality, and exits to the north-west. Arrabury Road branches off from the Birdsville Developmental Road shortly after it enters the locality and then proceeds south-west and then south into Durham.
The land use is grazing on native vegetation.

The name Haddon Corner is derived from Haddon Downs, the pastoral property in the corner on the South Australian side. It was established in 1877 by pastoralists William and John Howie.

In the, Tanbar had a population of 3 people.
In the, Tanbar had "no people or a very low population".

Heritage-listed sites in Tanbar include:

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

There are no schools in Tanbar and none nearby. Distance education and boarding schools are the options.

There are a number of airstrips in the locality, including: