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Historic Sites Attractions In Surat

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Surat is a small rural town on the Balonne River, approximately 75 kilometres south of Roma on the Carnarvon Highway in South West Queensland. It is 450 kilometres west of Brisbane. At the 2011 census, Surat had a population of 426.The district was first mapped by Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846. By the end of the 1840s pastoralists had penetrated the area, and in 1849 Mitchell directed a surveyor, 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.There ar...
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  • 1. Roma War Memorial Heroes Avenue Roma
    War Memorial and Heroes Avenue is a heritage-listed memorial at Bungil Street, Roma, Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1920. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
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