Eromanga

Eromanga is a small town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie in South West Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census, Eromanga had a population of 400. However, the town of Eromanga has a population averaging from 30-40.GeographyThe town lies on the edge of what is called the Eromanga Inland Sea, which existed in the Early Cretaceous. The Eromanga region has abundant oil wells and opal mines. There are also agricultural industries such as cattle and sheep as many pioneering property owners came and took up land in the 1860s. Dinosaur fossils, including Australia's largest dinosaur a titanosaur species of sauropod, have also been found here making it an area of interest for palaeontologists.Eromanga has been touted as the town in Australia located the farthest from any ocean. However, this claim does not stand up to scrutiny. See Pole of inaccessibility for approximations of other locations in Australia that could also make such claims.HistoryThe name of the town Eromanga goes back as far as about 1860. The name is thought to have come from an Aboriginal word that means "hot gale plain" or "windy plain", though the language and dialect is unknown.Eromanga Post Office opened by October 1902 (a receiving office had been open from 1892).