Traveltrain provides long range passenger rail services in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, run by Queensland Rail

Queensland Rail

Queensland Rail, also known as QR, is a government-owned railway operator in the state of Queensland. Under the control of the Queensland Government, Queensland Rail operates the inner-city and long-distance passenger services, as well as some freight operations and gives railway access to other...

. Its flagships are the electric and diesel Tilt Trains, servicing Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 – Rockhampton

Rockhampton

Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...

 and Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 – Cairns respectively. It also operates diesel-locomotive-hauled services between:

• Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
   and Cairns (The Sunlander)
• Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
   and Charleville
  Charleville, Queensland
  Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres...
  
   (The Westlander)
• Brisbane
  Brisbane
  Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
  
   and Longreach (The Spirit of the Outback) and
• Townsville and Mount Isa (The Inlander).

Tourist trains also run between Normanton

Normanton, Queensland

-External links:****...

 and Croydon

Croydon, Queensland

Croydon is a town in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, the town and surrounding area had a population of 255.-History:The historic goldrush town of Croydon is located in the heart of the Gulf Savannah, 562 km west of Cairns. Croydon was a large pastoral holding covering an area of...

 as The Gulflander, Cairns to Kuranda as the Kuranda Scenic Railway

Kuranda Scenic Railway

The Kuranda Scenic Railway is a name for the railway line that runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda. The tourist railway snakes its way up the Macalister Range and is no longer used for regular commuter services. It passes through the suburbs of Stratford,...

, and from Cairns to Forsayth

Forsayth, Queensland

Forsayth is a town in Etheridge Shire, Far North Queensland, Australia, approximately 415km by road from Cairns. At the 2006 census, Forsayth had a population of 101....

 as The Savannahlander

The Savannahlander

The Savannahlander is a railmotor service that operates in Queensland, Australia. The train travels from the coastal town of Cairns to Forsayth. The service was once operated by QR Traveltrain but is now run under contract by a private operator...

.

Statistics

Traveltrain's annual patronage is approximately 969,000. Whilst proportionately smaller than other regional rail services, relative to population, this is largely as Traveltrain caters to a touring market more so than other operators.

In 2007-08 the subsidy for the Brisbane-Cairns route was $130 million, or $900 per passenger. In 2001-02 it was $270.

Routes

There are six passenger routes in the Traveltrain system (not including tourist trains).

Coastal Services

The Sunlander (includes Queenslander Class)

Thrice weekly to Cairns.

• Brisbane
• Caboolture
• Nambour
• Cooroy
• Gympie
• Maryborough West
• Bundaberg
• Miriam Vale
  Miriam Vale, Queensland
  Miriam Vale is a town in the state of Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Bruce Highway, 464 km north of Brisbane, the state capital, and 170 km south of Rockhampton....
  
  
• Gladstone
  Gladstone, Queensland
  - Education :Gladstone has several primary schools, three high schools, and one university campus, Central Queensland University. It is also home to CQIT Gladstone Campus.- Recreation :...
  
  
• Mount Larcom
• Rockhampton
  Rockhampton
  Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
  
  
• St Lawrence
  St Lawrence, Queensland
  St Lawrence is a small town in Queensland, Australia, located north of Brisbane and off the Bruce Highway. It is part of the Isaac Regional Council local government area. At the 2006 census, St Lawrence and the surrounding area had a population of 195....
  
  
• Carmila
  Carmila, Queensland
  Carmila is a town in Isaac, Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the North Coast railway line, approximately south of the town of Sarina, Queensland. At the 2006 census, Carmila and the surrounding area had a population of 430.-External links:...
  
  
• Sarina
  Sarina, Queensland
  Sarina is a town in central Queensland, Australia. It is situated south of the city of Mackay, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton. At the 2006 census, Sarina had a population of 3,285....
  
  
• Mackay
  Mackay, Queensland
  Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
  
  
• Proserpine
  Proserpine, Queensland
  -External links:* * * * *...
  
  
• Bowen
  Bowen, Queensland
  Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...
  
  
• Home Hill
  Home Hill, Queensland
  Home Hill, Queensland is a town in Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Home Hill had a population of 2,907.- Geography :...
  
  
• Ayr
  Ayr, Queensland
  Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Giru
  Giru, Queensland
  Giru is a small town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the Haughton River 56 km south-east of Townsville. The Bruce Highway bypasses the town. Giru is noted for its sugar mill, crushing some three million tonnes of sugar cane annually, the highest in the Southern Hemisphere...
  
  
• Townsville
• Ingham
  Ingham, Queensland
  Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...
  
  
• Cardwell
  Cardwell, Queensland
  Cardwell is a tropical coastal town in northeastern Queensland. It is located at the southern extremity of the Cassowary Coast. At the 2006 census, Cardwell had a population of 1,250. The Bruce Highway National Highway 1 and the North Coast railway line are the dominant transport routes;...
  
  
• Tully
  Tully, Queensland
  Tully is a small town in Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the Bruce Highway approximately south of Cairns by road and north of Townsville. At the 2006 census, Tully had a population of 2,457....
  
  
• Innisfail
  Innisfail, Queensland
  Innisfail is a town located in the far north of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is the major township of the Cassowary Coast and is well renowned for its sugar and banana industries, as well as for being one of Australia's wettest towns...
  
  
• Babinda
  Babinda, Queensland
  Babinda is a small town 60 km south of Cairns, Queensland. It is located in the Cairns Region.The town is noted for its proximity to two of Queensland's highest mountains Mount Bartle Frere and Mount Bellenden Ker....
  
  
• Gordonvale
  Gordonvale, Queensland
  Gordonvale is a small sugar-growing suburb situated in the southern end of Cairns on the Mulgrave River. At the 2006 census, Gordonvale had a population of 4,420....
  
  
• Cairns

Electric Tilt Train (to Bundaberg and Rockhampton)

Regular services to Bundaberg and Rockhampton.

• Brisbane
• Caboolture
• Landsborough
• Nambour
• Cooroy
• Gympie
• Maryborough West
• Howard
  Howard, Queensland
  Howard is a small town in Queensland, Australia, located 284 km north of Brisbane and 37 km west of Hervey Bay. At the 2006 census, Howard had a population of 1,071....
  
  
• Bundaberg
• Miriam Vale
  Miriam Vale, Queensland
  Miriam Vale is a town in the state of Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Bruce Highway, 464 km north of Brisbane, the state capital, and 170 km south of Rockhampton....
  
  
• Gladstone
  Gladstone, Queensland
  - Education :Gladstone has several primary schools, three high schools, and one university campus, Central Queensland University. It is also home to CQIT Gladstone Campus.- Recreation :...
  
  
• Mount Larcom
• Rockhampton
  Rockhampton
  Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
  
  

Diesel Tilt Train (to Cairns)

Three services weekly to Cairns.

• Brisbane
• Caboolture
• Nambour
• Cooroy
• Gympie
• Maryborough West
• Bundaberg
• Gladstone
  Gladstone, Queensland
  - Education :Gladstone has several primary schools, three high schools, and one university campus, Central Queensland University. It is also home to CQIT Gladstone Campus.- Recreation :...
  
  
• Rockhampton
  Rockhampton
  Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
  
  
• St Lawrence
  St Lawrence, Queensland
  St Lawrence is a small town in Queensland, Australia, located north of Brisbane and off the Bruce Highway. It is part of the Isaac Regional Council local government area. At the 2006 census, St Lawrence and the surrounding area had a population of 195....
  
  
• Carmila
  Carmila, Queensland
  Carmila is a town in Isaac, Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the North Coast railway line, approximately south of the town of Sarina, Queensland. At the 2006 census, Carmila and the surrounding area had a population of 430.-External links:...
  
  
• Sarina
  Sarina, Queensland
  Sarina is a town in central Queensland, Australia. It is situated south of the city of Mackay, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton. At the 2006 census, Sarina had a population of 3,285....
  
  
• Mackay
  Mackay, Queensland
  Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
  
  
• Proserpine
  Proserpine, Queensland
  -External links:* * * * *...
  
  
• Bowen
  Bowen, Queensland
  Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...
  
  
• Home Hill
  Home Hill, Queensland
  Home Hill, Queensland is a town in Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Home Hill had a population of 2,907.- Geography :...
  
  
• Ayr
  Ayr, Queensland
  Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Giru
  Giru, Queensland
  Giru is a small town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the Haughton River 56 km south-east of Townsville. The Bruce Highway bypasses the town. Giru is noted for its sugar mill, crushing some three million tonnes of sugar cane annually, the highest in the Southern Hemisphere...
  
  
• Townsville
• Ingham
  Ingham, Queensland
  Ingham is a town in the Great Green Way region of North Queensland, Australia. The town was founded in 1864, gazetted a shire in 1879, and is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, pioneered in the 1870s by William Ingham, for whom the town is named...
  
  
• Cardwell
  Cardwell, Queensland
  Cardwell is a tropical coastal town in northeastern Queensland. It is located at the southern extremity of the Cassowary Coast. At the 2006 census, Cardwell had a population of 1,250. The Bruce Highway National Highway 1 and the North Coast railway line are the dominant transport routes;...
  
  
• Tully
  Tully, Queensland
  Tully is a small town in Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the Bruce Highway approximately south of Cairns by road and north of Townsville. At the 2006 census, Tully had a population of 2,457....
  
  
• Innisfail
  Innisfail, Queensland
  Innisfail is a town located in the far north of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is the major township of the Cassowary Coast and is well renowned for its sugar and banana industries, as well as for being one of Australia's wettest towns...
  
  
• Babinda
  Babinda, Queensland
  Babinda is a small town 60 km south of Cairns, Queensland. It is located in the Cairns Region.The town is noted for its proximity to two of Queensland's highest mountains Mount Bartle Frere and Mount Bellenden Ker....
  
  
• Gordonvale
  Gordonvale, Queensland
  Gordonvale is a small sugar-growing suburb situated in the southern end of Cairns on the Mulgrave River. At the 2006 census, Gordonvale had a population of 4,420....
  
  
• Cairns

Outback Services

The Spirit of the Outback

Debuting in November 1993, this 1,300 km rail journey operates between Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 and Longreach. The Spirit of the Outback travels along the east coast of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, from Brisbane to Rockhampton

Rockhampton

Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...

, where it heads west through Blackwater

Blackwater, Queensland

Blackwater is the major town of a significant coal mining area in Central Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Blackwater had a population of 5,031....

, Emerald

Emerald, Queensland

Emerald is a town located in the Central Highlands district of Central Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Emerald had a population of 10,999. The town is the business centre for the Central Highlands Regional Council....

 and Barcaldine

Barcaldine, Queensland

Barcaldine is a small town in Western Queensland, Australia, approximately by road west of the city of Rockhampton. The town is situated on Lagoon Creek, which flows into the Alice River approximately five kilometres south of the Barcaldine. This is the administrative centre of the Barcaldine...

, to Longreach.

The Spirit of the Outback passes coastal landscapes then travelling into the Outback, with mountain ranges, sunburnt plains and historic towns to attractions such as the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame

Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame

The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame is a museum located in Longreach, Queensland, Australia, which pays tribute to pioneers of the Australian outback...

 and Qantas Founders Outback Museum

Qantas Founders Outback Museum

The Qantas Founders Outback Museum is a transport museum at Longreach, Queensland, Australia. The museum is home to a decommissioned Qantas Boeing 747-200, which can be observed by the general public. It also holds the airline's first jet, a Boeing 707-138....

. The train operates twice weekly from Brisbane to Longreach.

• Brisbane
• Caboolture
• Nambour
• Cooroy
• Gympie
• Maryborough West
• Bundaberg
• Miriam Vale
  Miriam Vale, Queensland
  Miriam Vale is a town in the state of Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Bruce Highway, 464 km north of Brisbane, the state capital, and 170 km south of Rockhampton....
  
  
• Gladstone
  Gladstone, Queensland
  - Education :Gladstone has several primary schools, three high schools, and one university campus, Central Queensland University. It is also home to CQIT Gladstone Campus.- Recreation :...
  
  
• Mount Larcom
• Rockhampton
  Rockhampton
  Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
  
  
• Duaringa
  Duaringa, Queensland
  Duaringa is a small town in central Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the Capricorn Highway, 116 kilometres west of Rockhampton...
  
  
• Dingo
• Bluff
  Bluff, Queensland
  Bluff is a town in central Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Capricorn Highway, in the Central Highlands Local Government Area, north west of the state capital, Brisbane...
  
  
• Blackwater
  Blackwater, Queensland
  Blackwater is the major town of a significant coal mining area in Central Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Blackwater had a population of 5,031....
  
  
• Comet
  Comet, Queensland
  Comet is a town in central Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Capricorn Highway, north west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Comet and the surrounding area had a population of 233....
  
  
• Emerald
  Emerald, Queensland
  Emerald is a town located in the Central Highlands district of Central Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Emerald had a population of 10,999. The town is the business centre for the Central Highlands Regional Council....
  
  
• Anakie
  Anakie, Queensland
  Anakie is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located just to the south of the Capricorn Highway, 44 km west of Emerald, and is situated in a region called the Gemfields where sapphires are mined.-External links:* **...
  
  
• Willows
• Bogantungan
  Bogantungan, Queensland
  Bogantungan is a small township situated in central Queensland, Australia. It lies approximately 350 kilometres west of the city of Rockhampton....
  
  
• Drummond
• Pine Hill
• Alpha
  Alpha, Queensland
  The township of Alpha is located in central western Queensland, Australia. The Capricorn Highway passes through the town, which lies on Alpha Creek. At the 2006 census, Alpha had a population of 402....
  
  
• Jericho
  Jericho, Queensland
  Jericho is a rural village situated on the Capricorn Highway in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Jericho and the surrounding region had a population of 309.-History:...
  
  
• Barcaldine
  Barcaldine, Queensland
  Barcaldine is a small town in Western Queensland, Australia, approximately by road west of the city of Rockhampton. The town is situated on Lagoon Creek, which flows into the Alice River approximately five kilometres south of the Barcaldine. This is the administrative centre of the Barcaldine...
  
  
• Ilfracombe
  Ilfracombe, Queensland
  Ilfracombe is a small town in Queensland, Australia that calls itself The Hub of the West. The main industry is sheep rearing, mainly for wool. Ilfracombe is situated on the Landsborough Highway, about 27 km east of Longreach, 214 metres above sea level, within the Longreach Region...
  
  
• Longreach

The Westlander

Today the train runs twice weekly to Charleville.

• Brisbane
• Corinda
• Ipswich
  Ipswich railway station
  Ipswich railway station is a railway station serving the town of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line 68¾ miles east of London Liverpool Street towards Norwich...
  
  
• Rosewood
• Laidley
  Laidley, Queensland
  Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....
  
  
• Gatton
  Gatton, Queensland
  Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....
  
  
• Helidon
  Helidon, Queensland
  Helidon is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of south east Queensland, Australia. Helidon is located on the Warrego Highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of Toowoomba...
  
  
• Toowoomba
• Oakey
  Oakey, Queensland
  Oakey is a rural town situated in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It is situated west of the state capital, Brisbane, and west of the regional city of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Oakey had a population of 3,657.-History:...
  
  
• Dalby
  Dalby, Queensland
  Dalby is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junction of the Warrego, Moonie and Bunya Highways. Dalby is the administrative centre of the Western Downs Region and the centre of Australia's richest...
  
  
• Chinchilla
  Chinchilla, Queensland
  Chinchilla is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Chinchilla had a population of 3,681.The town was established in 1877...
  
  
• Miles
  Miles, Queensland
  Miles is a small town in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Miles had a population of 1,164.The town is situated on the Warrego Highway, 340 kilometres west of Brisbane, the state capital. Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is situated on Dogwood Creek, named by German explorer...
  
  
• Yuleba
  Yuleba, Queensland
  Yuleba is a town in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia, located west of the state capital, Brisbane along the Warrego Highway. At the 2006 census, Yuleba had a population of 183....
  
  
• Wallumbilla
  Wallumbilla, Queensland
  Wallumbilla is a community in Queensland, Australia, situated five hours by road west from Brisbane, just east of Roma. At the 2006 census, Wallumbilla had a population of 285....
  
  
• Roma
  Roma, Queensland
  Roma is a town in the western Darling Downs area of Queensland, Australia, by rail WNW of Brisbane. It is situated at the junction of the Warrego and Carnarvon highways...
  
  
• Mitchell
  Mitchell, Queensland
  Mitchell is a town in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia. It is on the Warrego Highway, 587 kilometres west of Brisbane and 176 kilometres east of Charleville. At the 2006 census, Mitchell had a population of 944....
  
  
• Morven
  Morven, Queensland
  Morven is a town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Warrego Highway, east of Charleville and west of Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Morven had a population of 276....
  
  
• Charleville
  Charleville, Queensland
  Charleville is a town in south western Queensland, Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of Brisbane . It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres...
  
  

The Inlander

The Inlander was introduced on February 12, 1953 using new steel air-conditioned carriages.

Today it runs twice-weekly from the tropical port of Townsville to the remote but interesting town of Mount Isa

Mount Isa, Queensland

-Culture and sport:The local theatre group, the Mount Isa Theatrical Society, or MITS, often holds plays and musicals, at least once every few months or so....

. The train is relatively slow, taking 21 hours (overnight) to complete a journey of around 1000 km (600 mi). Sitting class, roomette

Roomette

A roomette is a type of sleeping car compartment in a railroad passenger train. The term was first used in North America, and was carried over into Australia and New Zealand...

s, twinette

Twinette

A twinette is a sleeping-berth compartment for two persons in a train. The term "twinette" is in common use only in Australia and New Zealand ; thus the double-berth compartments described here are those found in trains in Australia or New Zealand.The width of each twinette compartment is...

s and triple sleeping cabins are offered and food can be bought in the newly refurbished club car.

• Townsville
• Charters Towers
  Charters Towers, Queensland
  Charters Towers is a city in northern Queensland, Australia. It is located 137 kilometres inland from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. In 2006 the population was 7,979 people, some 450 fewer than in the 2001 census. During the last quarter of the 19th century the town boomed as the rich gold...
  
  
• Pentland
  Pentland, Queensland
  Pentland is a town in north-western Queensland. It is located in between Charters Towers and Hughenden.Pentland is about 140 km away from the town of Hughenden. Hughenden has about 2000 people and Charters Towers has about 9000. Pentland's population is estimated to be 400 people. Pentland...
  
  
• Torrens Creek
• Hughenden
  Hughenden, Queensland
  Hughenden is a town in Queensland, Australia situated on the banks of the Flinders River. It was named after Hughenden Manor, the home of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. At the 2006 census, Hughenden had a population of 1,154.-History:...
  
  
• Richmond
  Richmond, Queensland
  Richmond is a town in western Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Flinders Highway, 498 km west of Townsville and 406 km east of Mount Isa. It is the administrative centre of the Richmond Shire. At the 2006 census, Richmond had a population of 554.The Flinders River forms...
  
  
• Maxwelton
• Nonda
• Nelia
• Julia Creek
  Julia Creek, Queensland
  Julia Creek is a town in mid northern Queensland, located on the Overlander's Way, the main road between Mount Isa and Townsville. It is west of Townsville, and is located 123 m above sea level. At the 2006 census, Julia Creek had a population of 368....
  
  
• Oorindi
• Cloncurry
  Cloncurry, Queensland
  -Notable residents:*Writer Alexis Wright grew up in Cloncurry.*Association Footballer Kasey Wehrman was born in Cloncurry . He went on to play domestically and in Scandinavia. His achievements include winning a NSL Championship in 1996-1997 with the Brisbane Strikers and being capped several times...
  
  
• Malbon
• Duchess
• Mount Isa

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