Mingela, Queensland

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Mingela
Queensland
Mingela is located in Queensland
Mingela
Mingela
Coordinates19°52′47″S 146°38′02″E / 19.8797°S 146.6338°E / -19.8797; 146.6338 (Mingela (town centre))Coordinates: 19°52′47″S 146°38′02″E / 19.8797°S 146.6338°E / -19.8797; 146.6338 (Mingela (town centre))
Postcode(s)4816
Area476.2 km2 (183.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Charters Towers Region
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Mingela:
Dotswood Reid River Reid River
Dotswood Mingela Ravenswood
Ravenswood Ravenswood Ravenswood

Mingela is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Geography[]

Mingela railway station is on the Great Northern railway from Townsville to Mount Isa (

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19°52′42″S 146°37′59″E / 19.8783°S 146.6330°E / -19.8783; 146.6330 (Mingela railway station)).[3] Prior to 16 March 1931 , it was known as Ravenswood Junction railway station.[4] Haughton Valley railway station is an abandoned railway station on the same line (
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19°51′00″S 146°40′25″E / 19.8499°S 146.6736°E / -19.8499; 146.6736 (Haughton Valley railway station)).[3]

History[]

The area was originally called Cunningham and then Ravenswood Junction. However, when the closed on 16 March 1931, the railway station was then renamed Mingela (an Aboriginal word meaning a string of waterholes).[1]

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 in December 2002.[5] The school was at 33 Burdekin Street (

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19°52′52″S 146°38′01″E / 19.8812°S 146.6336°E / -19.8812; 146.6336 (Mingela State School (former))).[6][7]

The locality of Mingela was created on 8 July 2016 by combining the former locality of Crimea with parts of Ravenswood, Reid River and Dotswood.[2]

Community groups[]

The Mingela branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA Hall on the corner of Ravenswood Street and Towers Street.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mingela – town in Charters Towers Region (entry 22195)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Mingela – locality in Charters Towers Region (entry 49745)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Mingela – railway station in Charters Towers Region (entry 22196)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  5. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ^ "Town of Mingela" (Map). Queensland Government. 1976. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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