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Aramac is a small town and locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland. It is situated on Aramac Creek, which flows into the Thomson River 60 kilometers west of town. The predominant industry is grazing. The town water for Aramac is supplied from two bores connecting into the Great Artesian Basin.
In the 1850s, pastoralist and future Premier of Queensland Robert Ramsey Mackenzie travelled through the area, which was on the traditional lands of the Iningai. He blazed a tree with the inscription ‘R R Mac’, which was later corrupted into the name of the town. William Landsborough also explored the area in 1859. Pastoral occupation began in 1862 on the Bowen Downs station on Reedy Creek, north of Aramac, and the Aramac Station (1863).
Aramac was initially a major outback town. However, the railway line ran through Barcaldine to the south, taking away the trade. In 1914,