Tinaroo, Queensland


Tinaroo is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Tinaroo had a population of 312 people. The town of Tinaroo Falls is on the eastern edge of the locality beside Lake Tinaroo.

Geography

Tinaroo is located on the shore of Lake Tinaroo, a man-made reservoir.
Despite the town's name, the waterfall of the same name is not in either the town or the locality but it is very close by in the neighbouring locality of Lake Tinaroo, which includes the Tinaroo Dam, the lake it impounds and the shoreline around the lake.

History

The town and locality take their name from Tinaroo Creek, which is believed to derive from tin hurroo, a shout used by tin miners.
At the, Tinaroo had a population of 266.