Raglan, Queensland

Raglan is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of Raglan had a population of 146 people.[1]f>

Raglan
Queensland
Milking the cow at Ambrose's farm, Raglan, 1912
Raglan
Coordinates23.7161°S 150.8188°E / -23.7161; 150.8188 (Raglan (town centre))
Population146 (2016 census locality)[1]
 • Density0.2447/km2 (0.6338/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4697
Area596.6 km2 (230.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location48 km (30 mi) west of Gladstone
LGA(s)Gladstone Region
State electorate(s)Gladstone
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Localities around Raglan:
Bajool Marmor The Narrows
Darts Creek
Ulogie Raglan Ambrose
Ulogie Mount Alma Bracewell

Geography

Raglan is located on Raglan Creek, part of the Casuarina Creek drainage system that empties into Keppel Bay. To the immediate south-west of the town are Mount Erebus, Mount Bomboolba and Mount McCamley. These ranges are a significant source of marble and calcite, and the South Ulam mine is located there.[4]

The Bruce Highway passes through Raglan.[5]

The North Coaast railway line passes through the locality with the following stations:[5][6]

History

The region was first declared as the County of Raglan and opened for British pastoral squatting in January 1854.[7] The name Raglan was in honour of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, First Baron Raglan (1788-1855), first Commander in Chief British Army in Crimea.[2][3]

British occupation began in early January 1856 during a punitive expedition led by Lieutenant John Murray of the Native Police. Murray was tracking down local Aboriginal tribes suspected of involvement in the killing of five people at nearby Mount Larcombe sheep station. With a posse comitatus of around twenty armed and mounted men, including troopers, constables and colonists, Murray surrounded a "large mob" of about a hundred Aboriginal people camped on a creek near to where the township of Raglan now stands. At the break of dawn, Murray's group attacked the camp and "bullets from a score or more carbines wrought death," with the those being shot at running "from side to side in their frantic efforts to escape." Only a few escaped and these "were pursued and either shot or driven into the waters of [Keppel] Bay."[8] A participant later wrote that the ammunition they used during the attack had become exhausted and that they had to use their rifles as clubs. Many of the Aboriginal people were killed or terribly wounded but no casualties were recorded amongst Murray's group.[9]

The creek where this occurred was named Hourigan's Creek after the man who fired the first shot of the massacre. This shot was at "a huge savage who [was] seen to get up and stretch himself," the rest of the Aboriginal camp still being asleep.[8] The creek is still called Hourigan's Creek and is still used for shooting with the Raglan Target Sports Association complex being located on its banks.[10] An early resident of Raglan recorded that when he first came to the area he noticed that "the skulls of black warriors...had been made into an ornamental border for a large flower bed in the garden" of the homestead of Raglan Station.[11]

Raglan was established as a pastoral sheep station in 1857 by William Landsborough who held it for several years before selling it on.[11] The allotments for the township of Raglan were first surveyed in 1865.[12]

Gold was found in Raglan in 1867.[13][14] In August 1867 a nugget of gold was found. Described as "a monster", it was 16 inches (41 cm) long and 4 inches (10 cm) wide, weighing 30 pounds (14 kg) and worth £1,400. There were around 300 gold diggers active at the Raglan goldfield at that time.[15][16][17]

Raglan Creek Provisional School opened on 4 August 1879,[18] but closed later the same year. It reopened in March 1883, and was upgraded to Raglan Creek State School in 1909. In 1911, it was renamed simply Raglan State School. The school closed on 13 December 1996.[19][20]

The Raglan Memorial Hall was built in about 1932 and was used for dances until 1990, after which it stood idle. It was relocated to the Calliope River Historical Village in March 2002 and officially re-opened by George Creed, the mayor of Calliope Shire.[21][22]

In the 2011 census Raglan was included with neighbouring Ambrose and together had a population of 545.[23]

In the 2016 census the locality of Raglan had a population of 146 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Raglan has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Raglan (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Raglan – town in Gladstone Region (entry 27903)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. "Raglan – locality in Gladstone Region (entry 46618)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. "South Ulam". MiningLink. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. "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.
  7. "PORT CURTIS". New South Wales Government Gazette (3). New South Wales, Australia. 10 January 1854. p. 49. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "ALONG THE COAST". The Capricornian. 26 (24). Queensland, Australia. 16 June 1900. p. 41. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "TRUTH IS TRU TALES". Truth (255). Queensland, Australia. 25 December 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Raglan Rifle Range". matchrifle. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  11. "THE RAINBOW TRAIL". The Capricornian. XLIX (43). Queensland, Australia. 25 October 1924. p. 66. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "TELEGRAPHIC". The Brisbane Courier. XIX (2, 236). Queensland, Australia. 30 March 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. Jack, Robert Logan; Etheridge, Robert (1892), The geology and palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea, Govt. Printer, p. 107, ISBN 9785875780288, retrieved 20 April 2014
  14. "ROCKHAMPTON". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 16 July 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  15. "TELEGRAPHIC". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 15 August 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  16. "ROCKHAMPTON". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1867. p. 5. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  17. "ROCKHAMPTON". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 24 August 1867. p. 6. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  18. "The Morning Bulletin, ROCKHAMPTON". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 21 January 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  19. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  20. "Agency ID 5644, Raglan State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  21. "Raglan Memorial Hall". Calliope River Historical Village. Port Curtis Historical Society. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  22. Visitor Guide booklet. Port Curtis Historical Society.
  23. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ambrose (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  24. "Langmorn Homestead (entry 600387)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  25. "Parson's Inn (entry 600388)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  26. "Raglan Homestead (entry 600389)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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