Canterbury is a small abandoned settlement in the locality of

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, Australia. The JC Hotel Ruins are located at this site.

Geography

Canterbury's closest neighbour is Morney which is also the name of its closest river. It is located on the

Diamantina Developmental Road The Diamantina Developmental Road is a gazetted road in Queensland, Australia, that runs from Charleville in the south-central part of the state to Mount Isa in the north-west. Route description The road passes through the towns of Quilpie ...

History

In the late 1860s, pastoralist John Costello set up camp at a waterhole in the area and carved his initials in a nearby tree. The place afterwards was known as JC Waterhole. By the 1870s it had become the headquarters of the

Native Police Australian native police units, consisting of Aboriginal troopers under the command (usually) of at least one white officer, existed in various forms in all Australian mainland colonies during the nineteenth and, in some cases, into the twentie ...

detachment in the region under Sub-Inspector William Gough. In the early 1880s the JC Hotel was established and in 1884 the settlement was renamed Canterbury. Canterbury Post Office opened on 1 January 1891 (a

receiving office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

had been open from 1888) and closed in 1920.

References

External links

Map showing location of Canterbury
Towns in Queensland Central West Queensland Shire of Barcoo

Education

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Canterbury College
has been delivering Excellent education for prices as low as $7,172 per term.