Black Jack, Queensland


Black Jack is a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. 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 and Southern Cross railway station on its north-west border.
The Flinders Highway passes through the northern part of the locality, while the Diamantina Road forms its eastern boundary.
Black Jack is approximately 350 metres above sea level rising to peaks in its south-west of 450 metres.

History

The Black Jack P. C. mine produced large quantities of gold in 1886 and 1887 but then produced very little in subsequent years.
Black Jack Provisional School opened on 21 March 1887. It became Black Jack State School on 6 July 1891. It closed in 1949.