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Longreach is a suburb of Central, Queensland and is about 988 kms west-northwest of QLD's capital city of Brisbane. In the 2011 Australian census the population of Longreach was 3,356 when there were 1,753 Females and 1,603 Males living there. The median age for people living in Longreach was 33. Longreach is a town in Central West Queensland, Australia approximately 700 kilometres from the coast, west of Rockhampton. Longreach is on the Tropic of Capricorn. The main industries of the area are cattle, sheep, and, more recently, tourism. Longreach is also the home of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame.