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Established in 1868, Blackall is the major service town for the surrounding towns and settlements in the Blackall-Tambo Region of Queensland. The town is named after Samuel Wensley Blackall, Governor of Queensland from 1868-1871.

The town's main industry is wool and sheep grazing, though it has the reputation as the Arts Capital of the West, boasting an outdoor gallery of public artworks created by local and well renowned artists. The town also boasts the first artesian bore in the outback, which was drilled in 1885. Blackall is also the home of the Black Stump, which was used for surveying purposes and permanently marks the original Astro Station established in 1887. Anything west of this point is said to be ‘beyond the black stump’.

• Population: 1416 1
• Postcode: 4472
• Location: 960 km northwest of Brisbane
• Main Roads: Landsborough Hwy A2, Paddy Behan Way (Isisford-Blackall Rd)
• Radio Stations: FM: 4LG (100.7 MHz), ABC RN (107.9 MHz), Radio TAB (98.3 MHz), SBS Radio (103.1 MHz), West FM (95.1 MHz) and Vision Christian Radio (87.6 MHz)

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	Town Centre: Shamrock St (Landsborough Hwy (A2)) as it passes through the Blackall town centre, November 2016. Image © Paul Rands
	Town Centre: Shamrock St (Landsborough Hwy (A2)) as it passes through the Blackall town centre, November 2016. Image © Paul Rands

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Blackall (SSC), 2016 Census QuickStats

Last updated: 01-Aug-2020 0:42

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