Bedourie, Queensland Bedourie, Queensland Bedourie is a town and a locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bedourie had a population of 122 people. Bedourie is located in the Channel Country of Central West Queensland, Australia, lying on Eyre Creek. It is located west of the state capital, Brisbane, and north of Birdsville. Bedourie is the administrative centre of the Diamantina Shire, which also comprises the towns of Birdsville and Betoota. When the Georgina River experiences severe floods the town can be cut off by road for months at a time. The area around Bedourie is on Karanja
National Party of Australia – Queensland National Party of Australia – Queensland The National Party, known as the Country Party until 1974, was a political party in Queensland, Australia, for much of the period from 1915 until 2008. Formed by the Queensland Farmers' Union and serving as the state branch of the National Party of Australia, it initially sought to represent the interests of the farmers but over time became a more general conservative political party in the state, leading to much debate about relations with other conservative parties and a string of mergers that were soon undone. From 1957 it held power as part of