Richmond Hill, Queensland

Richmond Hill is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]

Richmond Hill
Charters Towers, Queensland
Aerial view of Richmond Hill, looking from the intersection of Bridge Street with Hackett Terrace (lower right) and then SSW along the curve of Bridge Street with Mosman Street in the centre of Charters Towers and Towers Hill in the distance
Richmond Hill
Coordinates20.0641°S 146.2663°E / -20.0641; 146.2663
Population2,776 (2011 census)[1]
 • Density603/km2 (1,563/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4820
Area4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
LGA(s)Charters Towers Region
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Richmond Hill:
Toll Columbia Columbia
Toll Richmond Hill Queenton
Grand Secret Charters Towers City Queenton

History

Unlike many townships in the Charters Towers area that developed around a goldfield, Richmond Hill was intended to be a residential area and was situated away from the mining areas. A number of schools opened in the area.[3]

St Columba's Primary School for girls was opened in 1876 by the Sisters of Mercy (a Catholic order). In 1882 the Sisters established St Mary's College. Later these schools were operated by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan (another Catholic order). On 14 April 1902 the Christian Brothers (also a Catholic order) opened Mount Carmel College for boys. In 1998 the three schools combined into Columba Catholic College operating from the three campuses (including the Mount Carmel campus in Richmond Hill); the church is now operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville through Catholic Education.[4]

Richmond Hill State School, opened 9 September 1895.[5]

The Presbyterian and Methodist Churches opened Thornburgh College as a boys boarding school on 1 June 1919. In 1978 Thornburgh College merged with Blackheath College (a Presbyterian and Methodist girls school in Charters Towers) to create an independent co-educational Christian college, Blackheath and Thornburgh College, on the site of Thornburgh College in Richmond Hill.[6]

In 1920 All Souls’ School for boys was established by the Bush Brotherhood of St Barnabas (part of the Anglican Church) as a memorial school to the fallen of World War I. In 1921 St Gabriel’s School for girls was established by the Sisters of the Sacred Advent (also an Anglican order). After many years of co-educational activities, in 1990 the two schools merged as All Souls St Gabriels School on the All Souls campus. In 2000, the school ceased to be operated by the church and is now an independent Anglican school.[7]

In the 2011 census, Richmond Hill had a population of 2,776 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Richmond Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "NAME". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. "Richmond Hill (SSC) (entry NUMBER)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. "Charters Towers Suburbs". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. "Tradition". Columba Catholic College. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  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. "Thornburgh House (entry 600405)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. "History". All Souls St Gabriels School. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  8. "Stone kerbing, channels and footbridges of Charters Towers (entry 602512)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

Further reading
  • Brumby, Michael; Barrie, Robyn (1995), A century of playing the game : the first hundred years of schooling at Richmond Hill State School, Charters Towers 1895-1995, Richmond Hill State School Parents and Citizens Association, ISBN 978-0-646-23887-6

Media related to Richmond Hill, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons

  • "Charters Towers Suburbs". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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