Pentland (Queensland)

Pentland
Train enters Pentland station (1929)
State :  Australia State : Queensland Founded : October 7, 1884
Coordinates : 20 ° 31 ′  S , 145 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 20 ° 31 ′  S , 145 ° 24 ′  E Area : 15,093.5  km²
Residents : 306 (2016) Population density : 0.02 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST ( UTC + 10 ) Postal code : 4816 LGA : Charters Towers Region
Pentland

Pentland is a settlement in the northwest of the Australian state of Queensland . It is located about 200 kilometers southwest of Townsville on the Flinders Highway , the next largest towns to the east and west are Charters Towers and Hughenden . The place has about 300 inhabitants.

To the east, a short section of the Campaspe River flows through Pentland. To the west is the White Mountains National Park . The Cape River has its source in the municipality. In the south is the salt lake Lake Buchanan .

history

On October 7, 1884, the Bett's Creek Post Office opened. In 1885 it was renamed Pentland .

In 2013, the Australian federal government provided a budget to assess the country's suitability for growing sugar cane and processing it into ethanol .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Pentland ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.