Booral

Booral is a coastal locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Booral is a coastal locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Booral had a population of 1,540 people.

The name Booral is a Kabi language word meaning either tall (relating to the sky god Beiral) or burrall meaning place of shell mounds. Many shell mounds have been found along the coastline, arising from Aboriginal people feasting on shellfish. Aboriginal people travelled from the Bunya Mountains to trade bunya nuts for shellfish. It is believed Aboriginal people inhabited the area for over 6,000 years.Edgar Thomas Aldridge established the Booral Homestead in the 1850s.In the 2011 census, Booral had a population of 1,449 people.In the 2016 census Booral had a population of 1,540 people.