Jundah is a town in far western Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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. The administrative centre of the Barcoo Shire Local Government Area, the town is located on the Thomson River

Thomson River (Queensland)

The Thomson River is situated in western Queensland, Australia, and forms part of the Lake Eyre Basin. The river was named by the explorer, Edmund Kennedy, in the 1840s....

, 1122 kilometres (697 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane

Brisbane

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. At the 2006 census

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, Jundah had a population of 93.

The outback

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The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia, term colloquially can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush".-Overview:The outback is home to a...

 town was established in 1883 and given a name meaning "woman" in a local Aboriginal language. First settled by pastoralists, Jundah was home to an opal

Opal

Opal is an amorphous form of silica related to quartz, a mineraloid form, not a mineral. 3% to 21% of the total weight is water, but the content is usually between 6% to 10%. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures of almost any kind of rock, being most...

mining industry for around twenty years in the early twentieth century before it closed down due to water shortages.

Today, the town now supports the surrounding sheep and cattle industry. As well as the Barcoo Shire administration centre, other facilities in the town include a state school for students up to Year 7, a police station, general store, post office agency and a tourist information centre.