Georgetown, Queensland

Georgetown
Entrance to Georgetown
State :  Australia State : Queensland Founded : 1872
Coordinates : 18 ° 18 ′  S , 143 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 18 ° 18 ′  S , 143 ° 33 ′  E Height : 292  m Area : 1.4  km²
Residents : 301 (2016) Population density : 215 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 4871 LGA : Etheridge Shire
Georgetown

Georgetown is a small town in the north of the Australian state of Queensland .

The Etheridge River flows through the city. It is located on the Savannah Way (also: Gulf Developmental Road ), which it crosses from west to east. To the south branches off the Forsayth Road , an outback trail that leads to Forsayth and on through the Newcastle Range to Einasleigh . Cairns is 412 km east and Normanton 301 km west.

administration

Georgetown in the Far North Queensland region is the capital of the Etheridge Shire Local Government Area , which also includes the small towns of Mount Surprise , Forsayth, and Einasleigh. At the 2006 census, the city had 254 inhabitants.

History and economy

The Etheridge River experienced a gold rush in the 1870s and the city of Georgetown was founded where gold was mined. Originally called Etheridge , the city was renamed Georgetown in 1871 in honor of the local Gold Commissioner , Howard St. George .

Around 1900 the cattle industry in the region replaced gold mining as the most important branch of the economy.

In the literature

Georgetown is one of the actually existing places several times in the novel A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute be mentioned.

Web links

• Queensland Places - Georgetown , University of Queensland
• Etheridge Shire Council website
• Travel - Georgetown . Sydney Morning Herald Online (February 8, 2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Climate Statistics of Australian Locations - Georgetown (QLD) . Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government
2. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Georgetown (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
3. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13