Download coordinates as: Barratta is a rural town and a locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.

[4] The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the east (Brandon) and exits to the west (Horseshoe Lagoon).

[7] Cane tramways pass through the south of the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Pioneer sugar mill.

[5] In 1881, the success of sugarcane growing in the Burdekin district and the navigability of Barratta Creek from the Coral Sea via Bowling Green Bay resulted in a proposal to establish a town and a port along Barratta Creek.

[9] On 25 September 1897, the town's name was changed to Baratta by notification in the Queensland Government Gazette and then to Barratta (two "r"s) on 21 March 1902.