Queenton is an eastern

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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 und ...

in the

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, Australia. In the , Queenton had a population of 1,236 people.

Geography

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

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, also known as the Queenton railway station, () 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

Over 5,000 people were buried in the Pioneer Cemetery from 1872 to 1895. Queenton State School opened on 13 July 1891 and closed on 1 September 1931. Charters Towers Mental Hospital (also known as Mosman Hall Special Hospital) opened on 1 July 1954 with the first patients admitted on 16 September 1954, having been transferred from the Brisbane Mental Hospital and Toowoomba Mental Hospital. The facility was named after

Hugh Mosman Hugh Mosman (11 February 1843 – 15 November 1909) was a mine owner and politician in Queensland, Australia. He discovered gold in Charters Towers. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Mosman was born on 11 Febru ...

, who found gold at Charters Towers.It was operated by the

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at 35 Gladstone Road (). The hospital closed circa 2001. It was replaced on the site by a new mental health facility, the Charters Towers Rehabilitation Unit, at the front of the site and the Kernow master-planned residential community and hotel at the rear of the site. Tors Drive-In Cinema opened in 1966. On 3 August 2012, a part of Queenton was excised and made part of the new suburb of Charters Towers City.

Demographics

In the , Queenton had a population of 1,702 people. In the , Queenton had a population of 1,285 people. In the , Queenton had a population of 1,236 people.

Heritage listings

Queenton has a number of

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

Stone kerbing, channels and footbridges of Charters Towers The Stone kerbing, channels and footbridges of Charters Towers is a heritage-listed group of water infrastructure at various locations in Charters Towers City, Queensland, Charters Towers City, Millchester, Queensland, Millchester, Queenton, Qu ...

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 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 Charters Towers City.

Amenities

Charters Towers Indoor Sports Centre is at 11-17 New Queen Road (). It provides a variety of sports in an indoor setting including netball, cricket, volleyball and soccer. Charters Towers Tors Drive-in Cinema is an outdoor movie theatre at 110-120 New Queen Road (). It is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theatre in Queensland.

Facilities

Charters Towers Rehabilitation Unit is a residential facility for people with complex mental health needs at 35 Gladstone Road (). Charters Towers Pioneer Cemetery is on a block bounded by North, South, East and West Streets ().

References

External links

* {{Charters Towers Region Suburbs of Charters Towers