Ballara, Queensland
# Ballara, Queensland

Ballara is the site of a deserted mining town in the locality of Kuridala in north-western Queensland, Australia, in the Selwyn Range between the towns of Mount Isa and Cloncurry. It is within the local government area of Shire of Cloncurry.

## History

Ballara Post Office opened around 1914 (receiving offices had been open at Ballara and Hightville from 1909) and closed in 1927.

## Heritage

Ballara includes the remains of a railway station for the long-closed narrow-gauge Wee MacGregor railway.

## Environment

Ballara is commemorated in the scientific name of the Kalkadoon grasswren (Amytornis ballarae).

