Isisford, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Isisford
state = qld


caption =
lga = Longreach Regional Council
postcode = 4731
est =
pop = 262
pop_footnotes=
elevation= 202
elevation_footnotes = [ [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_036026.shtml Bureau of Meteorology] Retrieved on 2008-05-04]
maxtemp = 30.8
mintemp = 15.5
rainfall = 449.8
stategov = Gregory
fedgov = Flynn
dist1 = 1089
dir1 = NW
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 727
dir2 = W
location2= Rockhampton
dist3 = 117
dir3 = S
location3= Longreach

Isisford is a small town located in central western Queensland, Australia. It is located on the Barcoo River, and is approximately 120 kilometres south east of the town of Longreach. At the 2006 census, Isisford and the surrounding area had a population of 262.Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC36331|name=Isisford (Isisford Shire) (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-05-04|quick=on]

The first European in the area was the explorer Thomas Mitchell, who travelled through the area in 1846. Settlers followed and established a township in the 1860s. In the late 1870s, the town was named after a nearby ford on the Barcoo, and because the Isis Downs property was in proximity to it.

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