Roma QLD, 4455
Roma Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Searching Roma, QLD 4455 for a new home? It's vital to decide whether the area is suitable for you (and your family?). The Homes.com.au suburb profile informs you with unique data about Roma median property prices, market trends & demographics to help you make an informed decision about your future property purchase.
If you are considering packing up and moving to Roma, have a little read of our historical overview to discover the lifestyle and what makes this suburb so great.
Overview Roma, a suburb in Maranoa Region, Queensland, covers an area of 87.6 square kilometres and had 8,848 people (2016 census). Localities surrounding Roma include Euthulla, Tingun, Bungil, Dargal Road, and Orange Hill.
Roma is about 400 kilometres from Brisbane City. It is rural suburb that is within the local government area of the Maranoa Region.
Living in Roma If you want the feel of the country culture of Queensland, Roma is the perfect town. Roma brings back the taste of outback life with rumps and cattle races, rigs, and the camping sites in Carnarvon Gorge. The discovery of natural gas in Roma is a first in Australia.
Roma has a public library, bowling green, golf course, swimming pool, civic facilities, and sporting clubs. Westland Plaza in Wyndham Street has stores, restaurants, and cinemas.
Roma also has two schools- St. John's School, a religious non-government school, and Roma State College, a state-run school.
The Romavilla Winery is the oldest in Queensland. The Big Rig and Oil and Gas Museum and Roma Saleyards, Australia's largest selling centre of cattle, are famous landmarks in Roma.
History of Roma Romas was founded in 1867. The Aboriginal people of the Mandandanji Nation occupied the region before the European settlement. Roma got its name from Contessa Diamantina di Roma (Lady Diamantina Bowen), wife of George Bowen, Queensland's first governor.
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