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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Wieambilla shooting: the draw of ‘the blocks’, where a wave of arrivals has landed since the pandemic

Children lay flowers at Chinchilla police station in Queensland in memory of the two officers killed in the Wieambilla shooting.
Children lay flowers at Chinchilla police station in Queensland in memory of the two officers killed in the Wieambilla shooting. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP

Most of the gates to the bush blocks of Wieambilla, roughly halfway between the towns of Tara and Chinchilla in Queensland’s western downs region, carry warning signs.

Some warn of dogs and firearms. Some of the consequences against unauthorised entry. One simply reads “Keep Out”.

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