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    Winton is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Winton in Central West Queensland, Australia. It is 177 kilometres (110 mi) northwest of Longreach...
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    The Shire of Winton is a local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of 53,814 square kilometres (20,777.7 sq mi), and...
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    The Winton Formation is a Cretaceous geological formation in central-western Queensland, Australia. It is late Albian to early Turonian in age. The formation...
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  • Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland on 16 November 1920 by Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness and Fergus McMaster as Queensland and Northern Territory...
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    Australian Age of Dinosaurs (category Museums in Queensland)
    Age of Dinosaurs Ltd. (AAOD) is a nonprofit organization located in Winton, Queensland, founded by David Elliott and Judy Elliott in 2002. The organization’s...
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  • Winton may refer to: Winton, Queensland, a town Shire of Winton, Queensland Winton, Victoria, a town Winton Motor Raceway in Winton, Victoria Winton, New...
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  • Joe Brumm (category Queensland Greats)
    Australian animated television series Bluey. Brumm was born in Winton in Central West Queensland, he was the second of three boys. His father worked for the...
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    of roads and dirt tracks linking Laverton, Western Australia and Winton, Queensland. At 2,719 km (1,690 mi), it crosses Central Australia (colloquially...
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    Centre in Winton, in the Queensland outback, where Paterson wrote the lyrics. In 2012, to remind Australians of the song's significance, Winton organised...
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    Winton Airport (IATA: WIN, ICAO: YWTN) is an airport serving Winton, Queensland, Australia. It is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast...
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    A347). Winton is to the east of Wallisdown, Victoria Park and Talbot Woods and south of Moordown. Winton gave its name to Winton, Queensland. The name...
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    these projects have since been abandoned. A small geothermal plant in Queensland experienced problems during commissioning and as at May 2022, remains...
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  • The Proposition (2005 film) (category Films shot in Queensland)
    S. through First Look Pictures. The film was shot on location in Winton, Queensland. In 1880s Australia, Charlie Burns and his gang engage in a gunfight...
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    Bladensburg National Park (category National parks of Queensland)
    Bladensburg is a national park in Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia. It includes an area once occupied by a sheep station called Bladensburg Station...
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    Jason Clarke (category Shire of Winton)
    player turned coach Jerry West. Clarke was born and brought up in Winton, Queensland. His father worked as a sheep shearer in rural South Australia outside...
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    the way. It forms part of the Outback Way which goes all the way to Winton, Queensland. The Great Central Road has its origins in the early 1930s when Warburton...
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  • features the Winton Musical Fence, a large fence with metal strings. Gotye sampled the Musical Fence in 2008 during a stay in Winton, Queensland. In 2018...
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    Middleton is a rural locality in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Middleton had a population of 45 people...
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    Timothy John Winton AO (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In...
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    cattle grazier who co-founded the Australian Age of Dinosaurs in Winton, Queensland, with his wife Judy and currently serves as Executive Chairman. His...
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    Qantas Founders Museum (category Museums in Queensland)
    million Queensland and federal government project, the heritage trails network. The Qantas Founders Museum is located 177 kilometres (110 mi) from Winton, Queensland...
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  • The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival (category Film festivals in Queensland)
    festival held annually in late June in Winton, Queensland. The nine day Festival is held in Central West Queensland, which has provided the setting of film...
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  • Opalton (redirect from Opalton, Queensland)
    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...
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  • Boulder opal, Carisbrooke Station near Winton, Queensland, Australia...
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  • bushranging drama shot on film. It was shot near Winton, Queensland. The coach "bailed up" by Winton bushrangers, robbing of the passengers, shooting...
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    Australovenator (category Paleontology in Queensland)
    paleontologist Scott Hocknull of the Queensland Museum, and colleagues. The type species is A. wintonensis, in reference to nearby Winton. Although the holotype was...
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    and Kurtz had to make a forced landing at Carisbrooke Station near Winton, Queensland. When General Brett was reassigned to the Caribbean Defense Command...
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  • Australia's largest airline. Qantas was founded in Winton, Queensland, on 16 November 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited by...
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    dark siliceous ironstone matrix. It is found sporadically in western Queensland, from Kynuna in the north, to Yowah and Koroit in the south. Its largest...
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    Australian Aboriginal people, and the Torres Strait Islands (now part of Queensland) by Torres Strait Islanders. Aboriginal people were hunter-gatherers and...
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