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Camels, Boulia, Outback Queensland Region - Image Courtesy of Tourism Queensland and Charlie Ferguson Photographer
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Boulia
- Boulia is located 300 kilometres south of Mount Isa at the junction of the Diamantina and Kennedy Development Roads. The town's fame largely rests with its association to the Min Min Light, a strange spectral light that can appear, hover, disappear and reappear with an eerie will of its own. Most often described as a hovering luminescent ball, the light has teased travellers, never approaching close enough to be clearly examined. Scientists are baffled to explain this phenomenon. The first Europeans to pass through the area were Burke and Wills. Burke gave his name to the river that the town stands next to. The town was established by the shopkeeper, Ernest Henry, in 1876 and was sited on the 'Bullu Bullu' waterhole of the Burke River. Halfway between Windorah and Camooweal, Boulia was an important stopping point on the stock route. Boulia is regarded as the capital of the 'Channel Country'.
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