Drillham Queensland Map
Explore Drillham, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Drillham, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Locality | Drillham |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Western Downs Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -26.62441 |
| Longitude | 149.92875 |
| Population | 118 |
| Density | 0.3 /km² |
| Area | 359.3 km² |
| Elevation | 328 m |
| Postcode | 4424 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 321 km west-northwest |
About Drillham, Queensland
Drillham is a locality in the Western Downs Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 118. The locality covers an area of 359.3 km², giving a population density of about 0.3 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 328 m above sea level. It lies approximately 321 km west-northwest of Brisbane. Drillham is located at 26.6244°S, 149.9288°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4424. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Drillham sits beneath a sky that stretches, an uninterrupted canvas of bleached blue, over a landscape defined by the patient work of wind and water. It lies 225.6 km west-north-west of Toowoomba City, QLD (from Toowoomba City, QLD: bearing 297°T), and is situated 25.1 km west-north-west of Miles. The earth here is a tapestry of ochre and pale gold, broken by the scrubby resilience of mulga and the occasional, stoic presence of a eucalypt, its branches reaching like supplicating arms. The air itself carries a dry, almost brittle quality, especially as the day begins to wane, and the light softens to a honeyed hue, catching the fine dust that perpetually dances on the breeze. The land rolls with a quiet, enduring strength, a subtle topography that whispers of ancient geological forces and the slow, inexorable march of time.
The history of Drillham is etched into the very soil by the hands of those who sought to coax a living from this often-demanding country. The local economy has long been tethered to the fortunes of sheep and cattle, the vast paddocks a testament to the pastoral tradition that has shaped so much of the Western Downs. While the echoes of earlier eras, perhaps of gold rushes or rail construction, are faint here, the present pulse of Drillham is felt in the hum of agricultural machinery and the quiet commerce of its centre. It’s a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a character forged in isolation and sustained by a deep, unpretentious connection to the earth.
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About This Drillham Map Page
This page provides a street and satellite map of Drillham, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Drillham, in the Western Downs Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Drillham includes the postcode (4424), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Western Downs Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Drillham is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |
