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Surat /səˈræt/ is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] In the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 407 people.[1]

Surat Queensland
Cobb and Co Changing Station
Surat
Coordinates	27.1544°S 149.0677°E / -27.1544; 149.0677
Population	407 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	194/km2 (502/sq mi)
Established	1849
Postcode(s)	4417
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)[2]
Area	2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	450 km (280 mi) W of Brisbane 79 km (49 mi) S of Roma 117 km (73 mi) N of St George
LGA(s)	Maranoa Region
State electorate(s)	Warrego
Federal division(s)	Maranoa
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 27.8 °C 82 °F 13 °C 55 °F 574.7 mm 22.6 in
Localities around Surat: Wellesley Weribone Noorindoo Wellesley Surat Noorindoo Wellesley Wellesley Noorindoo

Geography

The town of Surat is on the Balonne River, approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi) south of Roma on the Carnarvon Highway in South West Queensland. It is 450 kilometres (280 mi) west of Brisbane.

There are oil fields further south.

History

Mandandanji (also known as Mandandanyi, Mandandanjdji, Kogai) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Mandandanji people. The Mandandanji language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Maranoa Regional Council, particularly Roma, Yuleba and Surat, then east towards Chinchilla and south-west towards Mitchell and St George.[5]

The district was first mapped by New South Wales Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846. By the end of the 1840s pastoralists had penetrated the area, and in 1849 Mitchell directed surveyor Edward Lewis Burrowes to select a township site on the Balonne River. Burrowes did so and named it after the diamond-polishing city of Surat, after his former place of residence in present-day Gujarat state, then known as the Bombay Province, India.[6] At the 2011 census, the locality had a population of 426.[7]

Surat State School opened on 23 July 1874.[8]

Facilities

Maranoa Regional Council operates a public library at 62 Burrowes Street, within the Cobb & Co. Changing Station complex.[9] The public library opened in 1997 and has publicly accessible Wi-Fi.[10] The complex also has a Cobb & Co changing station, freshwater aquarium, social history museum, theatre and shire hall and the Balonne gallery.[11][12]

Education

Surat State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at 55 Robert Street (27.1543°S 149.0670°E / -27.1543; 149.0670 (Surat State School)).[13][14] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 87 students with 14 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).[15]

Media

Along with a number of other regional Australian newspapers owned by NewsCorp, the Surat Basin News newspaper ceased publication in June 2020.[16]

Heritage listings

Surat has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• 77 Burrowes Street: Astor Theatre[17]
• corner Cordelia & William Streets: Warroo Shire Hall[18]

References

External links

• "Surat". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
• Town map of Surat, 1982
• Maranoa Online A portal servicing the Maranoa - a region encompassing Surat.

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