Queenton is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

Charters Towers Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits under ...

in the

Charters Towers Region The Charters Towers Region is a local government area in North Queensland, Australia southwest of, and inland from the city of Townsville, based in Charters Towers. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas whic ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the Queenton had a population of 1,285 people.

Geography

The Great Northern railway passes through Queenton from the north-east to the south-west with

Charters Towers railway station Charters Towers is a railway station on the Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line), Great Northern line at Charters Towers, west of Townsville in North Queensland, Australia. History The line arrived at Charters Towers, Queensland, Charters Tow ...

() within the locality. The railway line forms both part of the locality's north-eastern boundary and also part of its western boundary. The Flinders Highway forms a part of the locality's eastern boundary. The land is predominantly flat (approximately 300 metres above sea level), partly residential, partly old mine ruins, and partly undeveloped bushland.

History

Queenton State School opened on 13 July 1891 and closed on 1 September 1931. In the 2011 census, Queenton had a population of 1,702 people. On 3 August 2012 a part of Queenton was excised and made part of the new suburb of Charters Towers City. In the Queenton had a population of 1,285 people.

Heritage listings

Queenton has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...

sites, including: * Enterprise Road: Signals, Crane and Subway, Charters Towers Railway Station *

Charters Towers mine shafts Charters Towers mine shafts are a heritage-listed group of mine shafts and ruins at Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1883 to 1916. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 29 April 20 ...

* Stone kerbing, channels and footbridges of Charters Towers

Education

There are no schools in Queenton. The nearest government primary schools are Millchester State School in neighbouring Millchester to the south, Charters Tower Central State School in neighbouring Charters Towers City to the west, and Richmond Hill State School in neighbouring Richmond Hill to the north. The nearest government secondary school is

Charters Towers State High School Charters Towers State High School (CTSHS) is a public high school in Charters Towers City, Charters Towers, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Aus ...

in Charters Towers City.

References

External links

* {{Charters Towers Region Suburbs of Charters Towers