DUARINGA SHIRE COUNCIL

'Duaringa Shire Council' is a Local Government Area in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia. Duaringa Shire covers an area of 18,201 square kilometres and boasts a population of approximately 11,000. The Shire incorporates four main towns - Duaringa, Dingo, Blackwater and Bluff - and the township of Bauhinia. Woorabinda aboriginal shire is located in five separate locations inside Duaringa - three of them wholly surrounded by Duaringa, and two on the border with Fitzroy Shire Council.
Duaringa is a local centre for the region's farmers, who cultivate sorghum and wheat, and graze beef cattle. Mining is another major industry within the Shire, due to the vast coal deposits around Blackwater.