Thallon, Queensland Thallon, Queensland Thallon is a town and locality in the Shire of Balonne, Queensland, Australia. At the , Thallon and the surrounding area had a population of 382. Thallon is in South West Queensland, west of the state capital, Brisbane. Thallon is between St George and the border with New South Wales at Mungindi. The town is named after a Queensland Commissioner for Railways, James Forsyth Thallon. Explorer Thomas Mitchell was the first European in the Thallon district and his initials can still be found on a bloodwood tree near the Moonie River. In 1911, the area was set aside
National Party of Australia – Queensland state election but the Moore Ministry would only last one term amidst the challenges of the Great Depression, being defeated in 1932. Following a second defeat in 1935, the CPNP split into separate Country Party and United Australia Party branches. Ted Maher led the party to further defeats in 1938 and 1941. Then in April of the latter year, the new federal leader of the party Arthur Fadden, MP for the Queensland Division of Darling Downs, sought to merge the Country and United Australia parties. Only in Queensland did this yield much success with the two parliamentary parties forming the