Barkly Tableland

The Barkly Tableland lies mostly in the Northern Territory. Its northern limit sits about 100 km back from the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria and its southern boundary extends along a line from Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, to Urandangie in Queensland. Its eastern limit edges the Isa uplands. The main Queensland town on the Tableland is Camooweal, which was the administrative centre of Barkly Tableland Shire (1914-63). Camooweal and Urandangie were described in the 1903 Australian handbook:

Further Reading: 

Mollie Bayne, The Barkly Tableland, London, Longmans, 1957

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