Mingela, Queensland

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

Mingela
Queensland
Mingela
Coordinates19.8797°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

Geography

Mingela railway station is on the Great Northern railway from Townsville to Mount Isa (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 (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 Ravenswood branch railway 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 (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. "Mingela – town in Charters Towers Region (entry 22195)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. "Mingela – locality in Charters Towers Region (entry 49745)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "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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