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

Immediately surrounding the urban area of Tara, there are a number of rural subdivisions of 'lifestyle blocks'.

Its location was a 10-acre (4.0 ha) site on the eastern side of the Tara Kogan Road (27°13′29″S 150°31′27″E / 27.22472°S 150.52411°E / -27.22472; 150.52411 (Myra State School (former))).

[17] On 14 March 2011 a blockade against coal seam gas development began at a property called "Kenya" near Tara.

The following day, a woman was arrested after she stopped the movement of a bulldozer working for the Queensland Gas Company.

[19] Local landowner Dayne Pratzky, now an anti-coal seam gas activist, features in the 2015 movie-length documentary Frackman.

[citation needed] On 12 December 2022, Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were murdered at the nearby locality of Wieambilla.

[29] Attractions near Tara include Southwood National Park, a remnant area of the southern brigalow belt.

[citation needed] In 2013, the Queensland Government conducted an inquiry into Coal Seam Gas in the Tara Region and a risk assessment on the health and environmental impacts, concluding that "a clear link can not be drawn between the health complaints by some residents in the Tara region and impacts of the local CSG industry on air, water or soil within the community.

Some residents have accused the state and federal government of attempting to brush these reports under the rug, and providing inadequate resources for testing in order to promote a pro-mining agenda.

[citation needed] Lock the Gate Alliance continue to lobby against coal seam gas in the area, and have produced a set of first-hand accounts in short film format called Voices from the Gaslands to highlight the ongoing struggles for the community.