Taldora, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Taldora is an outback locality in the Shire of Mckinlay, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The Wills Developmental Road enters the locality from the south (Julia Creek) and exits to the west (Four Ways).

[11] In 1900, Taldora was affected by a drought with rats infecting its water supply and a lack of rain resulting in no grass growing on the station and its waterhole drying up for the first time since 1880.

[13] In early 1947, Australian Aboriginal stockman Johnny Knight set out from Taldora to walk 150 miles to Normanton and went missing.

[17] There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[18] Taldora Station consists of a ranch which is a private property with permission being required to visit.

Cattle grazing, Taldora, 2019
Turn-off to Brinard Homestead from the Wills Developmental Road, June 2019
Communications mast off the Wills Developmental Road, 2019