Queenton, Queensland


Queenton is a suburb of Charters Towers in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

The Great Northern railway passes through Queenton from the north-east to the south-west with Charters Towers railway station within the locality. The railway line forms both part of the locality's north-eastern boundary and also part of its western boundary. The Flinders Highway forms a part of the locality's eastern boundary.
The land is predominantly flat, partly residential, partly old mine ruins, and partly undeveloped bushland.

History

Queenton State School opened on 13 July 1891 and closed on 1 September 1931.
In the 2011 census, Queenton had a population of 1,702 people.

Heritage listings

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