The Black Stump - QLD

Anything west of Blackall is considered 'beyond the Black Stump', in reference to the earl surveying of western regions. Nestled on Thistle St behind the Blackall State School is a wood memorial stump erected in 1988 to commemorate of the bi-centennial of Australia and given a facelift in 2018 for the Blackall 150 year event. The site represents the observation used when surveying was done to gain a more accurate basis for maps of Queensland, back in 1888. The surveyors used the stump for the placement of their transit to gain latitude and longitude observations. As time passed any country to the west of Blackall was considered to be 'beyond the Black Stump'.