Mingela, Queensland
| Mingela Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Mingela | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°52′47″S 146°38′02″E / 19.8797°S 146.6338°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 14 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4816 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 476.2 km2 (183.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Charters Towers Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Traeger | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Mingela is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]
Geography
Mingela railway station is on the Great Northern railway from Townsville to Mount Isa (19°52′42″S 146°37′59″E / 19.8783°S 146.6330°E).[4] Prior to 16 March 1931 , it was known as Ravenswood Junction railway station.[5] Haughton Valley railway station is an abandoned railway station on the same line (19°51′00″S 146°40′25″E / 19.8499°S 146.6736°E).[4]
History
The area was originally called Cunningham and then Ravenswood Junction. However, when the Ravenswood branch railway closed on 16 March 1931, the railway station was then renamed Mingela (an Aboriginal word meaning a string of waterholes).[2]
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.[6] The school was at 33 Burdekin Street (19°52′52″S 146°38′01″E / 19.8812°S 146.6336°E).[7][8]
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.[3]
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.[9]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mingela (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Mingela – town in Charters Towers Region (entry 22195)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Mingela – locality in Charters Towers Region (entry 49745)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mingela – railway station in Charters Towers Region (entry 22196)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Town of Mingela" (Map). Queensland Government. 1976. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
