Birdsville
Birdsville | |||||||||||||
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The Birdsville Hotel, adjacent to the apron of Birdsville Airport | |||||||||||||
Birdsville | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Birdsville | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 25°53′55″S 139°21′05″E / 25.8986°S 139.3513°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1887 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 32,956.2 km2 (12,724.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 46.5 m (153 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 110 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00334/km2 (0.0086/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4482 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 30.6 °C (87.1 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 15.9 °C (60.6 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 168.9 mm (6.65 in) | ||||||||||||
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Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. The locality is on the Queensland border with both the Northern Territory and South Australia. The town is situated 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the South Australian border. In the 2021 census, the population of the locality of Birdsville was 110.
It is a popular tourist destination with many people using it as a starting point across the Simpson Desert.
Betoota is a ghost town to the east of the town of Birdsville within the bounds of the locality.(25°41′40″S 140°44′39″E / 25.6944°S 140.7441°E).