Roma

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Roma

Total population

6,522

Air quality index

19Good

Coordinates-26.57°, 148.79°

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

Overview

Roma is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Maranoa Region. The town was incorporated in 1867 and is named after Lady Diamantina Bowen, the wife of Sir George Bowen, the Governor of Queensland at the time. In the 2021 census, the locality of Roma had a population of 6,838 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

Ray Meagher

Australian actor

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Rachael Paxton

Australian triathlete

Albert Fuller Ellis

New Zealand prospector (1869–1951)

Arthur Beetson

Australian rugby league footballer and coach (1945–2011)

Brent Tate

Australian rugby league footballer

Bruce Scott

Australian politician

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Darryl Briskey

Australian politician

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David Rathie

Australian rugby union player

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Fabian "Fabe" McCarthy

Australian rugby union player

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Gerry Jones

Australian politician (1932–2017)

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John Frith

Australian rugby league footballer

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Ray Higgs

Australian rugby league footballer

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Willie Carne

Australian rugby league footballer

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Jack King

cyclist

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Robin Thorne

Australian rugby league footballer

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Emilee Cherry

rugby player

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Roma

Seismic reflection survey at Roma, Queensland

J. C. Dooley · 1954

Seismic reflection survey at Roma, Queensland, 1952-53

L. W. Williams · 1955

South Roma Seismic Survey, Queensland, 1959

Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics. · 1962

East Roma Seismic Survey, Queensland, 1959-1960

Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics. · 1962

And they came to Roma Saleyards

John Gilfoyle · 2009

Report ... with the minutes of proceedings, minutes of evidence taken before the court and appendices

and into the locomotive boilers on the several railways of the colony Queensland. Court of inquiry to inquire into the causes which led to the two locomotive boiler explosions which occurrd in the Roma-street railway station yard · 1899

The complete works of Robert Browning Volume XVI

Robert Browning · 1800

Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg · 1900

Search results from Open Library.