Condamine, Queensland

Condamine is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Condamine is claimed to be the location of the invention of the Condamine Bell, a small bell made from sheet metal used to locate herds of cattle.

[4][5][6] The town is 333 kilometres (207 mi) north west of the state capital Brisbane and 34 kilometres (21 mi) south from the town of Miles, in the Western Downs Region local government area.

[7] The Leichhardt Highway traverses the locality from north to south passing through the town, and the Roma-Condamine Road enters from the west.

[13] On 30 December 2010, flooding forced evacuation of the town, with the level of the river expected to exceed 15 metres (49 ft).

[14] The town was evacuated twice in 10 days during January 2011 as the rains continued and caused flash floods.