Dirranbandi, Queensland

Dirranbandi is a small town in the south west of the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the Balonne Shire Local Government Area, on the Castlereagh Highway and the Balonne River. At the last census in 2006 a population of 437 was found.

Economy

The population is steadily increasing, as seasonal workers come to the vast cotton fields to work. Because of the low annual rainfall, the fields are intensively irrigated. Dirranbandi located near the Cubbie Station, the largest private cotton Farmers in the southern hemisphere.

Attractions

The Culgoa - Floodplain National Park is located southwest of Dirranbandi.

History

Dirranbandi, which was founded in 1885, is located in the traditional territory of the Aboriginal tribe of Kooma. But the natives in Dirranbandi count himself amongst the Kamilaroi.

It is claimed that the name means in the language of the aborigines swamp with very many frogs and water birds. But there is no clear indication that this is the case in any of the local Aboriginal languages. Rather, the name seems from a place name in the local dialect Yuwaliyaay, Dhurrunbandaay to be derived. This name is intended to dhurrun gal (German: hairy caterpillars ) have to do and baanda -y ( move in the Indian Act dt ). There is also a noun dhirrinbaa in Yulawaalaraay dialect that the German bad weather bearing means on elevated terrain. This is apparently from dhirrin (German: elevated terrain ): composed and baa ( Site, place suffix for German ).

The railway reached Dirranbandi on 22 May 1913. Dirranbandi came to the honor of being the target of the last post train in Australia.

In the great flood in 2010 also Dirranbandi was flooded. Some farmers lost by much cattle. For others, it was also a very good year.