Borallon, Queensland
# Borallon, Queensland

Borallon is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Borallon had a population of 81 people.

It is known for the Borallon Correctional Centre (a prison facility) located there.

## History

The locality takes its name from a railway station, which was in turned named by Queensland Railway Commissioner Francis Curnow after his birthplace near St Ives in Cornwall, England.

Borallon Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1922) and closed in 1974.

In the 2016 census, Borallon had a population of 81 people.

