Middleton, Queensland facts for kids
Quick facts for kids MiddletonQueensland |
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Middleton Hotel, 2019
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Population | 9 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.000480/km2 (0.00124/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4735 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 18,744.9 km2 (7,237.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Shire of Winton | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Middleton is a rural locality in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Middleton had a population of 9 people.
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Geography
The locality is on the Kennedy Developmental Road, 1,524 kilometres (947 mi) northwest of the state capital Brisbane and 435 kilometres (270 mi) southeast of the regional centre of Mount Isa.
Lying within the locality is the former site of Collingwood (22°19′58″S 142°32′6″E / 22.33278°S 142.53500°E), a town that lost out in regional competition to its neighbour, Winton. It had been given up by about 1900.
The region in which Middleton lies is a circular zone that has been shown to be a crustal anomaly. Scientists from Geoscience Australia believe that it is an impact structure formed by an asteroid that struck the area about 300,000,000 years ago. Final proof of this as the anomaly's genesis has not yet been found.
History
European exploration of the Middleton area began with explorer John McKinlay's expedition in search of the missing Burke and Wills expedition in 1862. McKinlay named a watercourse in the area Middleton Creek after his second-in-charge W. Middleton. The Middleton Hotel was established at the creek crossing as a Cobb & Co changing station on the route between Winton and Boulia.
Middleton Post Office opened by March 1916 (a receiving office had been open from 1889) and closed in 1968.
Heritage listings
Middleton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Winton-Boulia Road: Elderslie Homestead
Facilities
The town has been mostly abandoned and now consists of the "Middleton Hotel, campground and [a] disused Hall".
Education
There are no schools in Middleton. Although the nearest primary and secondary school is Winton State School in Winton to the east, it is sufficiently distant that distance education and boarding school would be alternatives.