Eromanga, Queensland

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


caption =
lga = Quilpie Shire Council
postcode = 4480
est =
pop = 35
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Gregory
fedgov = Maranoa
dist1 = 1062
dir1 = W
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 316
dir2 = W
location2= Charleville
dist3 = 106
dir3 = W
location3= Quilpie

Eromanga is a small town in Southwest Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Eromanga had a population of 171.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC35937
name=Eromanga (Quilpie Shire) (State Suburb)
accessdate=2008-01-27
quick=on]

The town lies on the edge of what is called the Eromanga Inland Sea, which existed in the Early Cretaceous. Its claim to fame is abundant oil wells, and opal mines, and of course many pioneering cattle and sheep property owners that came and took up land in the 1860's. The name of the Town Eromanga goes back as far as about 1860. Eromanga is also noted as being the town in Australia located the furthest from any Ocean.Fact|date=January 2008

The town was also referenced in the Anime Ninja Nonsense for its names similarity to the term ero manga (literally meaning erotic manga)

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External links

* [http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/ Department of Natural Resources and Mines]