TEXAS, QLD - POPULATION: 693

SUN 12.10.2014: Texas sits on Bigambul land, the Indigenous people of the region inhabited the area for thousands of years prior to colonisation in the 1840s. Farming is the dominant industry in the Texas region, although there is also a silver mine. A large cattle feedlot is located about 20 mins from town. The origin of the town's name is generally regarded as a reference to a territorial dispute. The land in the area was first settled by the McDougall brothers, who found squatters there on returning from the goldfields. Once their legal right to the land was recognised, they named their property in honour of the rather more famous dispute between the United States and Mexico over territory in Texas, USA. Texas was connected by the Texas railway line from Inglewood in November 1930. Stayed at the Dumaresq River free camp 1km S of Texas (maximum stay 14 days).