The Shire of Cloncurry is a Local Government Area located in North West Queensland. It covers an area of 48113.3 square kilometres (18,576.6 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1884. The major town and administrative centre of the shire is Cloncurry

Cloncurry, Queensland

-Notable residents:*Writer Alexis Wright grew up in Cloncurry.*Association Footballer Kasey Wehrman was born in Cloncurry . He went on to play domestically and in Scandinavia. His achievements include winning a NSL Championship in 1996-1997 with the Brisbane Strikers and being capped several times...

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Prior to European settlement the area was home to the Mitakoodi, Kalkadoon

Kalkadoon

Kalkadoon, Indigenous Australian tribe living in the Mount Isa region of Queensland. In 1884 they were massacred at "Battle Mountain", in a fight against police....

 and Pitta Pitta Aboriginal

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

 people.

The ghost town of Mary Kathleen

Mary Kathleen, Queensland

Mary Kathleen was a mining settlement in the northwestern part of Queensland, Australia. It is located in the Selwyn Range between Mount Isa and Cloncurry.Mary Kathleen was first settled during the 1860s.-Uranium mine:...

, a town servicing a uranium

Uranium

Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...

 mine since closed, is in the shire.

Towns and localities

• Cloncurry
  Cloncurry, Queensland
  -Notable residents:*Writer Alexis Wright grew up in Cloncurry.*Association Footballer Kasey Wehrman was born in Cloncurry . He went on to play domestically and in Scandinavia. His achievements include winning a NSL Championship in 1996-1997 with the Brisbane Strikers and being capped several times...
  
  
• Buckingham
• Dajarra
  Dajarra, Queensland
  Dajarra is a town in the far north-west of Outback Queensland, Australia, near the border with the Northern Territory. It is about 150 km south of Mount Isa on the Diamantina Developmental Road...
  
  
• Duchess
• Four Ways
• Kajabbi
• Malbon
• Quamby
• Three Rivers

Population

Year	Population
1933	6,184
1947	6,267
1954	3,052
1961	4,869
1966	3,348
1971	3,623
1976	4,036
1981	3,651
1986	3,194
1991	3,382
1996	3,878
2001	4,795
2006	3,970