Not quite where you'd think.
When I was much younger (much!), I always thought it would be pretty cool to say we went to Texas for the weekend!
Texas is a small rural town in the Goondiwindi Regional Council area of Queensland. It was once at the end of a Queensland Railways branch line from Inglewood which served a cattle yard (for loading and sales that is) as well as the last rabbit works in Australia. It was also a good tobacco growing region of all things. The railway has long gone, as are the rabbit freezing works which processed rabbits caught when they were in plague proportions. That's another story. There is also a small but active railway enthusiast community working on a museum at the site of the old station.
After good rain in recent months, the countryside is lush and the cattle are fattening. Strangely, not far away at Silver Spur on the road to Stanthorpe is an abandoned silver mine.
In the main street, this old art deco cinema became the Memorial Hall and RSL (Returned Serviceman's Club), although the signs of these uses have been removed and it seems to be mostly abandoned.
Here is the Wiki article on the interesting history of the town and there is a connection with the US state as you would expect. At one stage there was a store in town named after Dallas, but it seems to be gone now.
Not quite where you'd think.
When I was much younger (much!), I always thought it would be pretty cool to say we went to Texas for the weekend!
Texas is a small rural town in the Goondiwindi Regional Council area of Queensland. It was once at the end of a Queensland Railways branch line from Inglewood which served a cattle yard (for loading and sales that is) as well as the last rabbit works in Australia. It was also a good tobacco growing region of all things. The railway has long gone, as are the rabbit freezing works which processed rabbits caught when they were in plague proportions. That's another story. There is also a small but active railway enthusiast community working on a museum at the site of the old station.
After good rain in recent months, the countryside is lush and the cattle are fattening. Strangely, not far away at Silver Spur on the road to Stanthorpe is an abandoned silver mine.
In the main street, this old art deco cinema became the Memorial Hall and RSL (Returned Serviceman's Club), although the signs of these uses have been removed and it seems to be mostly abandoned.
Here is the Wiki article on the interesting history of the town and there is a connection with the US state as you would expect. At one stage there was a store in town named after Dallas, but it seems to be gone now.