Orallo, Queensland

The land use in the locality is grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Sugarcane areas |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

In 1911, a railway line from Roma to Orallo was proposed, being the first stage of the Injune railway line.{{cite news |date=30 October 1911 |title=Railway Commissioner. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176866595 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=12,153}}{{cite news |date=11 November 1911 |title=New Railways. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176320003 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 (Second Edition) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=12,164}} Construction commenced in November 1914.{{cite news |date=16 November 1914 |title=Roma-Orallo. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176413861 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 (Second Edition) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=13,101}} The line to Orallo was officially opened on 4 May 1917 by Harry Coyne, the Minister for Railways. He also turned the first sod for the railway line's extension to Injune Creek.{{cite news |date=5 May 1917 |title=The Orallo Line. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20171768 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=18,502}} There were numerous railway stations within the locality including (from north to south):

• Alicker railway station ({{coord|-26.1572|148.5030|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Alicker railway station (former)}}){{cite QPN|332|Alicker|rail station - feature no longer exists in Maranoa Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}}
• Hunterton railway station ({{coord|-26.2472|148.5102|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Hunterton railway station (former)}}), named after local politician John McEwan Hunter{{cite QPN|16496|Hunterton|rail station - feature no longer exists in Maranoa Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}}{{Cite web |date=1944 |title=Roma |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-4mile-military-line-colour-roma-front-1944/original |access-date=26 February 2025 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=25 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225235335/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/topographic/topo-map-4mile-military-line-colour-roma-front-1944/original |url-status=live }}
• Oralla railway station ({{Coord|-26.27258|148.54416|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Orallo railway station (former)}})
• Moorta railway station ({{coord|-26.3005|148.5747|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Moorta railway station (former)}}){{cite QPN|39295|Moorta|rail station - feature no longer exists in Maranoa Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}}
• Eumina ({{coord|-26.3091|148.5994|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Eumina railway station (former)}}), an Aboriginal name meaning place of rest{{cite QPN|11946|Eumina|rail station - feature no longer exists in Maranoa Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}}
• Oogara railway station ({{coord|-26.3277|148.6302|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Oogara railway station (former)}}){{cite QPN|25459|Oogara|rail station - feature no longer exists in Maranoa Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}}
• Nareeten railway station ({{coord|-26.3713|148.6544|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Nareeten railway station (former)}}), an Aboriginal name, meaning wild flower{{cite QPN|23868|Nareeten|rail station - feature no longer exists in Maranoa Regional|access-date=21 May 2024}}

In 1916, 113 allotments were offered for sale in the Town of Orallo near the Orallo railway station.{{cite news |date=8 November 1916 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106303507 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=Western Star And Roma Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=3875}}

The locality's name Orallo comes from the Orallo railway station name, assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 11 November 1915, reportedly an Aboriginal word meaning shade.

A school for Orallo was proposed in 1917.{{cite news |date=8 September 1917 |title=Fresh Commonwealth Loan of £80,000,000. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98179819 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=Western Star And Roma Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=3961}} Orallo Provisional School opened circa 1918. The building was expanded in 1919.{{cite news |date=31 May 1919 |title=The Shipping Strike. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98195605 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=Western Star And Roma Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=5134}} On 1 October 1922, it became Orallo State School on a {{Convert|1.5|acre|adj=on}} reserve.{{cite news |date=3 November 1922 |title=New State Schools |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177134333 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=15,580}}{{cite news |date=10 March 1922 |title=Reserves. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20532010 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=20,011}} It closed in 1927.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }} It was on the south-western side of Orallo Road (approx {{Coord|-26.26951|148.54150|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Orallo State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1939 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m88 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m88-surv-control-1939/original |access-date=26 February 2025 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

In 1924, oil was found in Orallo.{{cite news |date=16 June 1924 |title=The Orallo Bore. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20754285 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=20,716}}

In 1925, it was proposed to build a school next to the Hunterton railway station.{{cite news |date=13 March 1925 |title=From The Country |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219082006 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Daily Mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=7189}} Approval was given to erect Hunterton State School in June 1926.{{cite news |date=31 July 1926 |title=Expenditure On Schools |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179082415 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 (Second Edition) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=16,743}} Hunterton State School opened circa March 1927.{{cite news |date=5 March 1927 |title=The Week At A Glance. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25294341 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=6045}}{{cite news |date=5 July 1927 |title=Hunterton. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21858560 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=21,665}} It closed circa 1938.{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

Orallo School of Arts Hall opened circa June 1928.{{cite news |date=14 April 1928 |title=Orallo. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21242831 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=21,908}}{{cite news |date=23 April 1928 |title=Orallo. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21245598 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=21,915}}{{cite news |date=27 June 1928 |title=Orallo. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21300913 |access-date=26 February 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |location=Queensland, Australia |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=21,971}}

The railway line was closed at the end of 1966.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-02-25 |title=Loco restoration restores key tourism attraction in Injune |url=https://frrr.org.au/blog/2021/02/26/loco-restoration-restores-key-tourism-attraction-in-injune/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) |language=en}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Orallo had a population of 41 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32248|name=Orallo (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Orallo had a population of 46 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32229|name=Orallo (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no school in Orallo. The nearest government primary schools are Bymont East State School in neighbouring Bymount to the north-east, Roma State College in Roma to the south-east, and Mitchell State School in Mitchell to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Injune State School (to Year 10) in Injune to the north and Roma State College (to Year 12). However, some parts of Oralla are too distant from these secondary schools for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

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