Download coordinates as: Bedourie is a town and a locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Bedourie is located in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland, Australia, lying on Eyre Creek.

Bedourie is the administrative centre of the Diamantina Shire, which also comprises the towns of Birdsville and Betoota.

[5] When the Georgina River experiences severe floods the town can be cut off by road for months at a time.

In 1881, a Native Police camp known as the Eyre's Creek barracks was established on the site by Sub-Inspector Robert Barrington Sharpe.

[18] The Royal Hotel was constructed and opened in 1886 by Hylock & Co. with a thatched roof (later replaced with corrugated iron) and the locality was renamed Bedourie.

Due to its inland location, there is strong seasonal temperature variation, with average maxima vary from 22.7 °C (72.9 °F) in June and July to 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) in January.

Precipitation is highly erratic, evidenced by the 319.1 mm (12.56 in) of rain falling on 6 March 2011.