Carrandotta, Queensland
Carrandotta is a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland, Australia. In the, Carrandotta had a population of 0 people.Geography
Carrandotta is in the Channel Country. The Georgina River enters the locality from the north and exits to the south-east. All watercourses in this area are part of the Lake Eyre drainage basin, and most will dry up before their water reaches Lake Eyre.
The Donohue Highway passes through the south-west of the locality from Tobermoray in the Northern Territory to the west across to Toko in the south. The Urandangi Border Road passes through the north-west of the locality from Urgandangi in Piturie to the north across to the Northern Territory to the north-west.
The locality contains three cattle pastoral leases: Carandotta Station in the east, Wolga Station in the north and Pituri Station to the south.
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.History
Waluwarra is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Queensland. Its traditional language region is the local government area of Shire of Boulia, including Walgra Station and Wolga, from Roxborough Downs north to Carandotta Station and Urandangi on the Georgina River, on Moonah Creek to Rochedale, south-east of Pituri Creek.Education
There are no schools in Carrandotta. The nearest primary school is in Urandangi. The nearest secondary school is Spinifex State College in Mount Isa, which offers boarding facilities. Other boarding schools or distance education would be options.
