Broughton is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Broughton had a population of 714 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Flinders Highway, to the east by the

Burdekin River The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upsta ...

, and to the south by the Broughton River. The Great Northern railway passes through the locality, entering from the north-east ( Dotswood) across the Burdekin River and exits to the west ( Queenton). Sellheim railway station serves the locality ().

History

Black Jack Provisional School opened on 21 March 1887. It became Black Jack State School on 6 July 1891. It closed in 1949. It was north of the Butler Blocks Mine to the east of Diamantina Road (approx ), now within Broughton. Broughton Road Provisional School opened circa 1895 and closed circa 1896 due to low student numbers. Broughton Road runs in a south-west direction from Millchester. Broughton Provisional School opened in 1905. At the end of the school year in December 1905, the school had been operating for six weeks and there were about 20 students with teacher Miss Murray, estimated to be around half the children in the area. On 1 January 1909, it became Broughton State School. It closed in 1930. In 1934, the building was sold for removal. The precise location of the school is unclear, but the mines which motivated its establishment were located in the Broughton township area immediately north of the Broughton River near its confluence with the Burdekin River (in the vicinity of ).

Demographics

In the , Broughton had a population of 726 people. In the , Broughton had a population of 714 people.

Education

There are no schools in Broughton. The nearest government primary schools are Millchester State School in neighbouring Millchester to the west,

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in Charters Towers CBD to the west, and Richmond Hill State School in Richmond Hill to the west. The nearest government secondary school is

Charters Towers State High School Charters Towers State High School (CTSHS) is a public co-educational secondary school, located in the Charters Towers suburb of Charters Towers City, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education, with an ...

in the Charters Towers CBD.

Facilities

Sellheim Cemetery is on the south side of junction of the Flinders Highway with Harthorpe Road ().

References

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