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Population: 3,600, Latitude: 26.2200 Longitude: 146.1900 Location: 750km north west of Brisbane Highway: Mitchell & Warrego Hwys Nearest Major Town: Charleville Nearest Airport: Charleville Touring Area: Outback |
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On the Warrego River, Charleville is the largest town in the south west of the Queensland
Outback region and was
discovered by explorer Edmund Kennedy in 1847. It lies at the centre of a large agricultural
and grazing district and is steeped in local aboriginal culture and history. The town was built of acreage set aside for the purpose in 1865 and was gazetted in 1868. It takes its name from the Irish town from which surveyor W.A Tully, who planned the town, came to Australia. Charleville has a long association with aviation and it was from here the first paid QANTAS flight took off in 1922. The first London-Sydney flight landed at Charleville in 1919, and Amy Johnson landed nearby in 1930. In its heyday, Charleville had a brewery, 10 hotels, 500 registered bullock teams, a Cobb & Co coach building factory, and was on a major stock route. Noted for its clear skies at night it is popular for astronomers and a jazz festival, 'Jazz Under The Stars' is held each March. PLACES OF INTEREST: ACCOMMODATION & SERVICES: 
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