Anything west of
Blackall is considered 'beyond
the Black Stump', in reference to the earl surveying of western regions. Nestled on Thistle St behind the
Blackall State School is a wood memorial stump erected in 1988 to commemorate of the bi-centennial of Australia and given a facelift in 2018 for the
Blackall 150 year event.
The site represents the observation used when surveying was done to gain a more accurate basis for maps of Queensland, back in 1888. The surveyors used the stump for the placement of their transit to gain latitude and longitude observations. As time passed any country to the west of
Blackall was considered to be 'beyond
the Black Stump'.