# Barambah, Queensland, Australia

*Australia / Queensland*

city · AU · -26.3103, 152.1302

## People
- [Thomas Leather](/p/thomas-leather-22428.md)
- [Johannes Bjelke-Petersen](/p/johannes-bjelke-petersen-50578.md)

## Events
- 12 NOV 1859 — **Born**: [Thomas Leather](/p/thomas-leather-22428.md)
- FROM 1950 TO 1987 — **Member for Barambah, Queensland Legislative Assembly**: [Johannes Bjelke-Petersen](/p/johannes-bjelke-petersen-50578.md) — Held the seat of Barambah — his Nanango seat renamed in 1950 — until 1987, giving him more than forty years in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, first as a Country Party and later as a National Party member.