Camooweal, Queensland

Camooweal, Queensland

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


caption =
lga = Mount Isa
postcode = 4828
est = 1884
pop = 236 (2001 census)
elevation= 231.2
maxtemp = 32.8
mintemp = 17.6
rainfall = 106.0
stategov = Mount Isa
fedgov = Kennedy
dist1 = 2018
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 1411
location2= Darwin (N.T.)
dist3 = 191
location3= Mount Isa
dist4 = 471
location4= Tennant Creek (N.T.)

Camooweal (coord|19|37|S|138|31|E|region:AU-QLD) is a small town in north-western Queensland, Australia, located 188 km north-west of the city of Mount Isa and 12 km east of the Northern Territory border. Local government is provided by the Mount Isa City Council. The town lies on the Barkly Highway, and is adjacent to the Georgina River. Camooweal was gazetted as a town in 1884.

The population of Camooweal is only a few hundred people. Along the main road (the Barkly Highway) there are several caravan stops or van parks which will take mobile homes and tents.

Australian country music legend Slim Dusty ( [http://www.slimdusty.com.au/discography.html official discography] ) wrote a moving song entitled simply 'Camooweal' which features this town.


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