Shire of Barcoo
Local government area
Location withinQueensland
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	Central West Queensland
Established	1887
Council seat	Jundah
Government
• Mayor	Sally Elizabeth O'Neil
• State electorate	Gregory
• Federal division	Maranoa
Area [2]
• Total	61,830 km2 (23,870 sq mi)
Population
• Total	308 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	0.004981/km2 (0.012902/sq mi)
Website	Shire of Barcoo
LGAs around Shire of Barcoo Diamantina Winton Longreach Diamantina Shire of Barcoo Longreach Outback Areas (SA) Bulloo Quilpie

TheShire of Barcoo is alocal government area inCentral West Queensland,Australia.

It covers an area of 61,830 square kilometres (23,872.7 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1887. It is named for theBarcoo River which reaches aconfluence with theThomson River in the shire to formCooper Creek.

The major industry in the shire is beef production and someopal mining. There has been some development of the known oil and gas reserves in the region.

In the2021 census, the Shire of Barcoo had a population of 308 people.^[1]

Kuungkari (also known as Kungkari and Koonkerri) is a language of Western Queensland. The Kuungkari language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries ofLongreach Shire Council andBlackall-Tambo Shire Council.^[3]

TheBarcoo Division was created on 24 December 1887 out of the eastern part of theDiamantina Division,^[4] and was subject to theDivisional Boards Act 1887.

In 1927, the council met atStonehenge.^[5]

With the passage of theLocal Authorities Act 1902, Barcoo Division became the Shire of Barcoo on 31 March 1903.

It subsequently lost areas when the shires ofIsisford (1908) andQuilpie (1930) were incorporated.

Its present mayor, Sally O'Neil, has been in office since 2020.

The Shire of Barcoo includes the following settlements:

• Jundah
• Farrars Creek
• Stonehenge
• Tanbar Station
• Windorah

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• 1927: H. J. Cameron^[5]
• 2000–2012: Bruce Scott (unopposed 2008)^[6]
• 2012–2016: Julie Groves (unopposed)^[7]
• 2016–2020 : Bruce Scott^[8]
• 2020–present: Sally Elizabeth O'Neil^[9]

The Barcoo Shire Council operates public libraries atJundah,Stonehenge, andWindorah.^[14]

• Forrest, Peter; Forrest, Sheila (2014),Their promised land : a history of the people and places of the Barcoo Shire, Western Queensland, Jundah, Queensland Barcoo Shire Council,ISBN 978-0-9871295-6-7

• "Barcoo Shire".Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

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