Benarkin

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Benarkin

Air quality index

32Good

Elevation435 m

Coordinates-26.89°, 152.14°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Benarkin is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The nearby town of Blackbutt is the origin of the town and the two towns are often referred to as the joint entity Blackbutt-Benarkin. In the 2021 census, the locality of Benarkin had a population of 61 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Roy Emerson

Australian tennis player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Queensland

• Toogoolawah
  20.3 mi away · pop. 957
• Mount Beppo
  25.7 mi away
• Wengenville
  28.6 mi away
• Hampton
  32.7 mi away · pop. 442
• Goombungee
  33.7 mi away · pop. 786
• Alice Creek
  34.8 mi away
• Cabarlah
  38.3 mi away · pop. 720
• Wooroolin
  38.5 mi away
• Meringandan
  39.4 mi away · pop. 530
• Woodford
  39.8 mi away
• Murphys Creek
  40 mi away · pop. 233
• Moffatdale
  40.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

Seen 2026-08-12

Lewin's Honeyeater

Meliphaga lewinii

Seen 2026-08-10

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Zanda funerea

Seen 2026-08-04

crow's apple

Owenia venosa

Seen 2026-08-01

Rufous Whistler

Pachycephala rufiventris

Seen 2026-07-31

Axe handle Wood

Aphananthe philippinensis

Seen 2026-07-31

Pied Currawong

Strepera graculina

Seen 2026-07-31

Rose Robin

Petroica rosea

Seen 2026-07-30

Eastern Brush-tailed Possum

Trichosurus vulpecula vulpecula

Seen 2026-07-28

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers