Cox Architecture
Location
Winton, Qld
Local Government Area
Winton
Region type
Heartland region
Aboriginal traditional owners
Koa peoples
Distance to nearest state/territory capital
1,155 km (Brisbane, Qld)
Population
2016 census 875
2011 census 954
growth 2011–16* -8.3%
*national average +8.8%
Top employment sectors (2016 census)
18.3% Local government administration
7.3% Hospitals
5.4% Accommodation
5.1% Beef cattle farming
We approached the Waltzing Matilda Centre by Cox Architecture at Winton as fly-in fly-out grey nomads. A hire car trip across central Queensland took us through six hundred kilometres of parched, cracked and de-stocked plains that hadn’t seen useful rain for eight years. Amid the rural heartbreak, the state’s outback tourism economy has been growing strongly, a record $602 million in the year ending 2017. A mix of rivalry
