Maxwelton, Queensland
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Maxwelton Queensland |
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Maxwelton School, date unknown
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 Maxwelton
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| Coordinates | 20°43′0″S 142°41′0″E / 20.71667°S 142.68333°ECoordinates: 20°43′0″S 142°41′0″E / 20.71667°S 142.68333°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 107 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4816 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Richmond Shire | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mount Isa | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||
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Maxwelton is a small town and locality in the Shire of Richmond in central north Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census the population of the state suburb of Maxwelton was 107.
Mazwelton is located on the Flinders Highway 1,625 kilometres from Brisbane by road.
Maxwelton was a small railway siding, 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Richmond now with a population of 3. It derived its name from Maxwelton Station, one of the original pastoral holdings taken up in the 1800s. This station is just south of the rail siding. The site for the township was chosen in 1908, at the junction of the new railway line and the road from McKinlay to the Camp Hotel on the Flinders River. The first sod was turned to begin work on this Great Northern Railway in Townsville in 1879, and by February 1908 it had reached Julia Creek. Before the railway, bullock teams carted wool from Cloncurry to the East Coast, and Cobb and Co stage coaches travelled through with mail in 1871. Several hotels were being built along the Flinders River route, all of which are now in ruins and only recognisable by old stumps or an occasional post here and there. Pastoral holdings were then much larger and in this area, they included Tarbrax, Maxwelton, Clutha and Saxby.
Maxwelton Post Office opened by February 1910 (a receiving office had been open for various periods since 1880) and closed in 1991.
Before the artesian bore was put down in 1929 to a depth of 1,260 feet (384 m), water was carted from the bore at the Talmoi Wool Scour, a couple of miles east of Maxwelton.
Maxwelton is situated on a low flood plain and its biggest flood on record was in 1917. Waters back up for miles, from the Flinders and Alick Creek. A bridge was completed in 1926 called Hulberts Bridge. The Camp Hotel was known locally as the "one-eye" after one of its owners who had one eye, a one eyed horse and a one eyed dog.
In days gone by, the little township has boasted a café, butchers shop, a dance hall, a pub, a post office and a school.
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