Tara, Queensland
Encyclopedia
Tara is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland
, Australia
, located 300 kilometres south west of the state capital, Brisbane
. At the 2006 census
, Tara had a population of 819. Important industries in the area around Tara include wheat, beef and wool.
Attractions near Tara include Southwood National Park
, a remnant area of the southern brigalow
belt.
Immediately surrounding the urban area of Tara, there are a number of rural subdivisions of 'lifestyle blocks'. The blocks are usually between 13 to 40 ha in area. The population of the 2000 Rural Subdivision blocks exceeds that of the town itself.
On 14 March 2011 a blockade against coal seam gas development began at a property called Kenya near Tara. The following day one women was arrested after she stopped the movement of a bulldozer working for Queensland Gas Company. The next month Bob Irwin
was arrested and fined for participating in a rally at the same location. He was protesting against plans to build a coal seam gas pipeline.
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, located 300 kilometres south west of the state capital, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Tara had a population of 819. Important industries in the area around Tara include wheat, beef and wool.
Attractions near Tara include Southwood National Park
Southwood National Park
Southwood is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 288 km west of Brisbane....
, a remnant area of the southern brigalow
Acacia harpophylla
Acacia harpophylla, commonly known as the Brigalow , Brigalow Spearwood or Orkor is an endemic tree of Australia. It is found in central and coastal Queensland to northern New South Wales. It can reach up to 25 meters tall and forms extensive open-forest communities on clay soils.Two species,...
belt.
Immediately surrounding the urban area of Tara, there are a number of rural subdivisions of 'lifestyle blocks'. The blocks are usually between 13 to 40 ha in area. The population of the 2000 Rural Subdivision blocks exceeds that of the town itself.
On 14 March 2011 a blockade against coal seam gas development began at a property called Kenya near Tara. The following day one women was arrested after she stopped the movement of a bulldozer working for Queensland Gas Company. The next month Bob Irwin
Bob Irwin
Robert "Bob" Irwin is an Australian naturalist, animal conservationist, and a pioneering herpetologist who is also famous for his conservation and husbandry work with apex predators and reptiles...
was arrested and fined for participating in a rally at the same location. He was protesting against plans to build a coal seam gas pipeline.
Further reading
- A History of Tara and District with Addenda 1840-1960 by Hector M Ferguson.
- Tara Shire History 1840-1988 by Tara & Districts Historical Society.