Thank You For Visiting Our New Web Site!This Website is run by the Eromanga District Community Association Inc.
Eromanga In South West Queensland is focused on providing service,
satisfaction, and friendly help to all our visitors.
Vital statistics: 26degrees, 40mins, 06.04secs south latitude and 143degrees, 16mins, 01.15secs east longitude with an elevation of 526 feet
(160.3248 metres) above sea level.
With a variety of activities and services to choose from,
We're sure you'll be happy visiting us.
Look around our website and if you have any comments or questions,
Please feel free to contact us.
Eromanga is famous for being the furthest town from the ocean in Australia.
The Eromanga Cemetery is now listed on the internet for anyone searching
for relatives, please click on the link below.
The Eromanga Oil and Gas Basins produce around one and a half million
barrels of oil per year.
The Utopia Oil Field is located approx 50 klms south west of Eromanga
l asked the previous owner Sheri Harley to write us something that we could
put on this website for people to gain a little knowledge about how the
Oil Well started. This was written January 2010 by Sheri.
Utopia was discovered in 1997 by Mr. V.H.Sparks.
After battling cancer, he began production in 2001 and subsequent to his
untimely death in 2002 - his daughter, Sheri Harley began operations.
In 2005 an additional producing well rounded out the legacy left behind.
with 4 producing wells.
For many years, Utopia and Oilwells Inc. of Kentucky were the smallest oil
producer in all of Queensland.
Additional discoveries since the sale of the business last year have
strengthened the legacy V.H. "Sparky" Sparks left behind,
so that the small field of Utopia will produce for many years to come,
bringing commerce to Eromanga, a remote little town in Queensland.
Please Click on - Contact Us - for upcoming events in Eromanga
There's a rustic outdoor machinery museum that you can stroll about in.
It is complimented by an indoor Living History Centre incorporating an
Object Theatre. The Object Theatre was funded by the Qld Gov Q150 Project.
The Living History Centre/Museum is next to a public park with a covered playground for the kids, the park has a stunning memorial, inlaid with opal
in memory to the Opal Opolis days of Eromanga.
The Earliest Settlers were the Tully's, Costello's, & Durack's, around 1860.
Eromanga was first gazetted a Town in the early 1870's, when Opal was a
Fever of the time, the population then was 300 odd, with anything up to 1000
opal miners scouring the lands around the Town, there was a Shanty Town
pub called the 'Round House', which is still the source of many a ghostly tale.
At the Living History Centre, browse through hundreds of historic photos &
stories of the surrounding area, on computer which is also internet connected. View a film in a separate Movie Room, filled with relics, about how our
Forefathers came here to settle with sheep & cattle to build their empires, the story of Oil Drilling, also about the Opal miners past and present,
and let's not forget dear 'Betty', Flying Doctor Fundraiser & Mother to Many.
The Movie also has detailed information regarding the discovery of Dinosaur
Bones near Eromanga, affectionately named - Cooper, Zac and George.
Read about the newest discovery - click on the link
The Centre also has a Photo display that automatically shows pictures from
the 1860's to present day, as a slide show.
And now with a map on the wall so you know where you are going?
While you are here, call in at the Historic Eromanga Royal Hotel,
built in 1885, it is the only original building and was once a Cobb and Co.
Staging Post.
Have A Beer With Dear old 'Hunter'
'He Allus Has Wan At Eleven' ( & Six) & he loves a good yarn.
The Hotel is famous for hosting Fundraising BBQ's on Saturday Nights.
Our Town Hosts Members of the following Committee's
Eromanga Branch CWA
School P & C
SES & Fire Volunteers
Rodeo Committee
Royal Flying Doctor
Eromanga District Community Association Inc
All members raise funds to make our town a happier and safer place
for residents and visitors.
Outback Gondwana Foundation, non-profit charitable institution,
founded locally to discover, preserved and promote for the benefit of the region,
We hope to see you soon!
Check back later for new updates to our website.
There's much more to come!
Here are some web sites with information of Eromanga
Flood Photos From March 2010
Oct 2011, and my haven't the weeds grown!
