Borroloola
Sign in to saveBorroloola () is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River, about upstream from the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Borroloola
- Australian place.state
- nt
- Australian place.image
- BorroloolaRodeo.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- The Borroloola rodeo is held in August each year
- Australian place.lga
- Roper Gulf Region
- Australian place.postcode
- 0854
- Australian place.elevation
- 17
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 33.7
- Australian place.mintemp
- 19.6
- Australian place.rainfall
- 946.0
- Australian place.stategov
- Barkly
- Australian place.fedgov
- Lingiari
- Australian place.dist1
- 1056
- Australian place.dir1
- SE
- Australian place.location1
- Darwin
- Australian place.dist2
- 739
- Australian place.dir2
- SE
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10 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Demographics
- Facilities and attractions
- Waralungku Arts
- Economy
- Transport
- Climate
- See also
- References
Borroloola () is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River, about upstream from the Gulf of Carpentaria.
==Location== Borroloola lies on the traditional country of the Yanyuwa people, on the coastal plain between the Barkly Tablelands and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Rivers that run from the Tablelands escarpment to the Gulf regularly flood in the wet season, making travel on the unsealed section of Highway One along the coastal plain to Queensland impossible. The rivers of this region have carved spectacular gorges through sandstone deposits in their upper reaches. The rivers and coastal areas are host to barramundi, earning Borroloola a reputation among sports fisherman, and also to the deadly saltwater crocodile. The region has little rain from May to September and is characterised by lightly treed Savanna grasslands.