Description
Booral is a coastal locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Booral is a coastal locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Booral had a population of 1,540 people.
History
The name Booral is a Kabi language word meaning either tall (relating to the sky god Beiral) or burrall meaning place of shell mounds. Many shell mounds have been found along the coastline, arising from Aboriginal people feasting on shellfish. Aboriginal people travelled from the Bunya Mountains to trade bunya nuts for shellfish. It is believed Aboriginal people inhabited the area for over 6,000 years.Edgar Thomas Aldridge established the Booral Homestead in the 1850s.In the 2011 census, Booral had a population of 1,449 people.In the 2016 census Booral had a population of 1,540 people.
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Population: 1001-10000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 27.856 km2
Elevation: 11-50 metres
Town elevation: 39 m
Population number: 1,540
Local Government Area: Fraser Coast Regional Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Booral, Queensland