Bron Hocking
Psychologist, Longreach Hospital
"Rural settings allow you to work in close proximity with some great professionals and people, who are always only five minutes away".
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Location: 1,160km north west of Brisbane, 120km south of Longreach, 726km west of Rockhampton
Isisford is an outback town located on the Barcoo River in Central Queensland. The town services the sheep and cattle industries of the region. Originally called Wittown, the town was renamed in 1880 to honour the Barcoo River Ford and Isis Downs Station. Tourists flock to Isisford for an authentic Aussie experience set amongst spectacular outback scenery and waterholes. Isisford offers a genuine outback lifestyle ideal for the outdoor enthusiast.
The Isisford Primary Health Care Centre provides remote area nursing service, ambulance response provided by Qld Health employees, operator x-ray service, pathology specimen collection, primary health education, counselling and a visiting medical clinic held one day per week.
Community health services to the centre includes a women’s health nurse, a dietician and a diabetic nurse, child health nurse and the Royal Flying Doctor
Service Mental Health Team.
The Isisford Shire has an exceptionally low unemployment rate of only 1.9 percent, almost a third of the national average. The major employer in the region is the
local council as well as the sheep and cattle industries. As with many agricultural communities, post school qualifications have been completed by a large number of the population, over 40 percent. The local state primary school has an enrolment
of 20 students and many of these students head to Longreach to complete their high school education.
Isisford is a lucky Queensland outback town that experiences rainfall while at the same time as maintaining the wide, dusty plains that Australia is famous for. At certain times of the year some roads in the Shire can become impassable due to heavy rainfall. If you’re venturing out of town, it is advisable to check the conditions of the road with the Isisford Shire Council before you set off.
A must see for the wool enthusiast is the Isis Downs Shearing Shed, the largest shearing shed in Australia. This huge semi-circular construction was fabricated in England, shipped to Australia and built in 1913 by the same company that built
the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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