Bollon

Bollon is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia.

Bollon is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Bollon had a population of 221 people.

Gunya (Kunya, Kunja, Kurnja) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gunya people. The Gunya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Paroo Shire Council, taking in Cunnamulla and extending north towards Augathella, east towards Bollon and west towards Thargomindah.The town is thought to be named after the Mandandanji language word balun or balonn meaning water or a running stream.On 26 June 1879 the Queensland Government auctioned 40 town lots and 12 suburban lots in Bollon. By June 1880, the town had a hotel (the Great Western), a store and a postal receiving office.Bollon Provisional School opened on 27 July 1885. On 1 January 1902 it became Bollon State School.On Sunday 16 February 1936, St Mary's Anglican Church was officially opened and dedicated by Bishop Horace Dixon.In 2010, Narkoola National Park was established in the west of the town's boundaries to preserve plant communities of the Mulga Lands bioregion.At the 2011 census, Bollon had a population of 334.In the 2016 census, Bollon had a population of 221 people.

Bollon Heritage Centre is a local history museum at 23 Main Street (28.0316°S 147.4806°E? / -28.0316; 147.4806? (Bollon Heritage Centre)).