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Ravenswood is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the 2021 census , the locality of Ravenswood had a population of 297 people. [ 1 ]
The Ravenswood Mining Landscape and Chinese Settlement Area has a special association with the work of Archibald Lawrence Wilson, Ravenswood's most notable entrepreneur, whose New Ravenswood Company is associated with the development of the gold mining industry in north Queensland, and gave significant impetus to the economic and social ...
Rank LGA Population Region Notes 2016 census 2011 census; 1 Brisbane: 1,131,155 [652]1,041,842 [653]South East Queensland: 2 Gold Coast: 555,724 [654]494,503 [655]South East Queensland
However, when the Ravenswood branch railway closed on 16 March 1931, the railway station was then renamed Mingela (an Aboriginal word meaning a string of waterholes). [2] Ravenswood Junction Provisional School opened on 3 January 1882. Circa 1910 it became Ravenswood Junction State School. In 1931 it was renamed Mingela State School.
Ravenswood Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1412. [1]On 18 January 1882, the subdivisions were abolished (meaning all of board members would be elected by all residents rather than having representatives from different parts of the division).
Pages in category "Ravenswood, Queensland" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Quizlet was founded in 2005 by Andrew Sutherland as a studying tool to aid in memorization for his French class, which he claimed to have "aced". [6] [7] [8] ...
Ravenswood is one of the earliest sites associated with major gold mining in North Queensland which gave significant impetus to the economic and social development of the region. The Macrossan Street shop, as a substantial commercial building serving the needs of a prosperous mining community, demonstrates this development.