Watsonville, Queensland

Watsonville is a town and locality in North Queensland, Australia.[2][3] It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region).

Watsonville
Queensland
Watsonville
Coordinates17.37712°S 145.31307°E / -17.37712; 145.31307
Population344 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4856
Location107 km (66 mi) SW of Cairns
LGA(s)Shire of Mareeba
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Watsonville:
Mutchilba Mutchilba Tolga
Atherton
Irvinebank Watsonville Carrington
Wongabel
Silver Valley Kalunga Herberton
Moomin

Geography

Watsonville is 107 kilometres (66 mi) south-west of Cairns via the Bruce Highway, Gillies Range Road, State Route 25 (bypassing Atherton) and the Herberton Petford Road. From further west it can be accessed from the Burke Developmental Road at Petford.

History

Watsonville is a former mining town. The town was named after Robert H. Watson, a tin prospector, who discovered a local deposit on 19 Feb 1881. The town was surveyed by William J. White on 9 March 1882.[2]

Watsonville State School opened circa 1882 and closed circa 1943.[4]

At the 2011 census the town recorded a population of 344.[1]

Heritage listings

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

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Watsonville (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. "Watsonville – town (entry 45861)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. "Watsonville – locality (entry 48923)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "Rocky Bluff Battery and Township (entry 601861)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
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