Black Jack, Queensland
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 Black Jack, circa 1889 | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 20°10′08″S 146°09′08″E / 20.1688°S 146.1522°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 167 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Charters Towers Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Traeger | ||||||||||||||
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Black Jack is a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It was formerly a mining town which is now abandoned.
Geography
Black Jack is a triangular-shaped locality. The Great Northern railway line forms the northern boundary of Black Jack. There are two railway stations within the locality, Wellington Yards railway station in the far north-east corner (on the outskirts of the suburban area of Charters Towers) and Southern Cross railway station on its north-west border.[3]
The Flinders Highway passes through the northern part of the locality, while the Diamantina Road forms its eastern boundary.[3]
Black Jack is approximately 350 metres above sea level rising to peaks in its south-west of 450 metres.[3]
History
The Black Jack P. C. mine produced large quantities of gold in 1886 and 1887 (known as the Black Jack Boom) but then produced very little in subsequent years.[4]
Black Jack Provisional School opened on 21 March 1887. It became Black Jack State School on 6 July 1891. It closed in 1949.[5]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Black Jack (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Black Jack – locality in Charters Towers Region (entry 44535)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ Marsland, L. W (1892), The Charters Towers gold mines : a descriptive and historical account of the town and gold field of Charters Towers, Queensland : with full and detailed particulars of the more important mines, and of all mining companies carrying on operations on the field : being a handbook of Charters Towers and a guide to mining investors, Waterlow Bros. & Layton, retrieved 24 July 2017
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
Further reading
- Morton, C. C; Queensland. Dept. of Mines (1936), The Black Jack Gold Mine, Charters Towers, Dept. of Mines, retrieved 24 July 2017
External links
Media related to Black Jack, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons
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