Mingela is a rural town and
locality in the
Charters Towers Region,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , the locality of Mingela had a population of 14 people.
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Geography
Mingela railway station is on the Great Northern railway from Townsville
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to Mount Isa
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().[ Prior to 16 March 1931, it was known as Ravenswood Junction railway station. Haughton Valley railway station is an abandoned railway station on the same line ().]
History
The area was originally called ''Cunningham'' and then ''Ravenswood Junction''. However, when the Ravenswood branch railway closed on 16 March 1931, the railway station was then renamed ''Mingela'' (an Aboriginal word meaning a ''string of waterholes'').[
Ravenswood Junction Provisional School opened on 3 January 1882. Circa 1910 it became Ravenswood Junction State School. In 1931 it was renamed Mingela State School. It closed on 31 December 2002.]Crimea
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with parts of Ravenswood, Reid River and Dotswood.[
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Demographics
In the , the locality of Mingela had a population of 14 people.
Education
There are no schools in Mingela. The nearest government primary schools are Woodstock State School in Woodstock
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to the north and Ravenswood State School in neighbouring Ravenswood to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Charters Towers State High School in Charters Towers City to the south-west..
Amenities
The Mingela branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA Hall on the corner of Ravenswood Street and Towers Street ().
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Towns in Queensland
Charters Towers Region
Localities in Queensland