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Taroom

Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Taroom had a population of 885 people.

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Australian place.type: town
Australian place.name: Taroom
Australian place.state: qld
Australian place.image: View towards the north-west from Gilbert's Lookout, Taroom, 2014.jpg
Australian place.caption: View towards the north-west from Gilbert's Lookout, 2014
Australian place.local_map: yes
Australian place.zoom: 8
Australian place.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Queensland
Australian place.pushpin_label_position: right
Australian place.pop: 885
Australian place.postcode: 4420
Australian place.area: 0.9
Australian place.dist1: 128
Australian place.dir1: N
Australian place.location1: Miles
Australian place.dist2: 168
Australian place.dir2: NE
Australian place.location2: Roma

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Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and locality split between the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Taroom had a population of 885 people.

== Geography == The town is located on the Dawson River and the Leichhardt Highway, north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, 300 kilometres (186 mi) west of Maryborough, South-west of Rockhampton and from Toowoomba.