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Crowd flocks to outback Queensland shearing contest, tripling Thargomindah’s population overnight – ABC News
More than 1,000 flock to the tiny outback Queensland town of Thargomindah this weekend for the annual shearing festival.
The population of a tiny outback town in the south-western corner of Queensland more than tripled over the weekend as crowds flocked to see Australia’s premier wool-shearing competition.
The Bulloo Shire community ran live music, markets and pig racing as part of the outback festival in Thargomindah, attracting more than 1,000 people into a town with a population of about 270 people.
“I’m over the Moon,” Bulloo Shire Mayor John Ferguson declared.
He said the support for the event had been “absolutely…
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