Opalton
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Old Cork Homestead, erected 1870s | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Opalton | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 23°14′51″S 142°46′15″E / 23.2474°S 142.77095°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 16,932.3 km2 (6,537.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 59 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.003484/km2 (0.00902/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4735 | ||||||||||||
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Opalton is a outback rural locality in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia. It is known for the Opalton Opal Field, one of the largest and most extensively worked opal deposits in Queensland. In the 2021 census, Opalton had a population of 59 people.