Talk:Roma, Queensland

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I must admit I'm not an expert on our local history and economy, but... flour milling? There's oodles of wheat grown and collected each harvest, sure. But the only "mills" I know of in Roma are timber and feed for livestock related. To be honest, I had no idea there was a flour mill... I thought it all got carted off elsewhere for processing.
Apart from wheat one could also mention that Roma is also home to Australia's largest cattle saleyards, which processed 380,000 head this year .
Then there's the "tourism industry" which supplements just about any ruraly town, the biggest attraction in the town of Roma itself would be "The Big Rig" .
Overall I'm pretty sure the main industries are beef, grain, wool and timber (hardwood/cyprus pine).
Also there's billions of dollars being spent by Origin Energy at a property called "Spring Gully", but it's about 80km away from Roma itself... it's mostly coal seam gas  and a 500MW power station  (to be powered by the gas).
The "Bungle Shire Council" is the name of the "Local Government Area" that contains Roma. 
For more information about the Maranoa district in general, there's the venerable Maranoa Online website sponsored by local business in the area .
It is also the local centre of the ever present redneck trash culture in Queensland. The main past times enjoyed by the town's population are drinking and fighting. Prime examples of these activities can be witnessed on any Friday night at the various public bars and, after closing time, at Kookas, the 24 hour service station in the CBD.
-- I'm amazed that 59.23.208.220, the Korea Telecom (or TOR) user who wrote the previous comment has been able to judge an entire populace in such a way. How exactly is Roma a "centre" for "redneck trash culture"? What makes Roma so unique in this regard when compared to other western Queensland towns, such as Dalby, Surat, St George, Injune, Charleville, Quilpie, etc? Besides that, youth binge-drinking is a large problem in _all_ cities in Australia, not just the regional ones. Though I must admit I've seen some amusing shenanigans happening as the Greyhound bus pulls in at 1:15am on Friday nights at Kooka's, your comment is still hyperbole. 59.167.221.55 05:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: Hey, I'm from Queensland and am surprised to see that Roma only has a population of 6000. Why is it so famous? It would be good to include in the lead exactly why Roma is so well known as a town. Ashmoo (talk) 10:12, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
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