Wallumbilla

Wallumbilla, a rural town on the Warrego Highway, is 380 km north-west of Brisbane and 40 km east of Roma. Wallumbilla is the largest of three towns in the former Bendemere Shire, and was named after the Wallumbilla pastoral run, taken up in 1852.

Further Reading: 

G.O. Armstrong, The changing years: a history of the Shire of Warroo incorporating Bendemere Shire history, Fortitude Valley, W.R. Smith & Patterson, 1970

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