Texas is a town in Queensland, Australia. The
town is located just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from
Queensland's southern border with New South
Wales, close to Bonshaw, New South Wales. Texas
sits on Bigambul land, the Indigenous people of
the region inhabited the area for
thousands of years prior to colonisation in the
1840s.
Farming is the dominant industry in the Texas
region, although there is also a silver mine. A large
cattle feedlot is located about 20 mins from town.
At the 2006 census, Texas had a population of 693.
Part of the Goondiwindi Regional Council, Texas is
administered from the nearby larger town of
Goondiwindi, Queensland.