:Hughenden, Queensland

Hughenden is situated on the banks of the Flinders River.

Hughenden has the following mountains (from west to east):

• Mount Walker ({{coord|-20.9513|144.2138|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Walker}}) {{convert|472|m}}{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Mountain peaks and capes – Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|36225|Mount Walker|mountain in Flinders Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Mowbray ({{coord|-20.9523|144.2380|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Mowbray}}) {{convert|403|m}}{{cite QPN|23239|Mount Mowbray|mountain in Flinders Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Devlin ({{coord|-20.9558|144.2726|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Devlin}}) {{convert|459|m}}{{cite QPN|9834|Mount Devlin|mountain in Flinders Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Castor ({{coord|-20.9674|144.3042|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Castor}}) {{convert|403|m}}{{cite QPN|6478|Mount Castor|mountain in Flinders Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Beckford ({{coord|-20.8136|144.3127|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Beckford}}) {{convert|419|m}}{{cite QPN|2018|Mount Beckford|mountain in Flinders Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}

File:Hughenden (1976).jpg

Hughenden is located on the Flinders Highway, {{convert|376|km|mi}} west of Townsville and {{convert|1400|km|mi}} north-west of Brisbane, the state capital. The region around Hughenden is a major centre for the grazing of sheep and cattle. The main feed is annual grasses known as Flinders grass, which grow rapidly on the (by Australian standards) fertile grey or brown cracking clay soils after rain between November and March. However, because the rainfall is extremely erratic – at Hughenden itself it has ranged from {{convert|126|mm|in|0}} in 1926 to {{convert|1051|mm|in|0}} in 1950 – droughts and floods are normal and stock numbers fluctuate greatly.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

The runoff from the Flinders River is much too erratic to provide a sustainable supply for any crop-growing via irrigation.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Hughenden is on the Great Northern railway line with a number of railway stops in the locality (from west to east):

• Ballindalloch railway station, now abandoned ({{coord|-20.8602|144.1429|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Ballindalloch railway station (former)}})
• Hughenden West railway station, now abandoned ({{coord|-20.8570|144.1933|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Hughenden West railway station (former)}}
• Hughenden railway station, serving the town ({{coord|-20.8479|144.1972|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Hughenden railway station}})
• Hughenden East railway station, now abandoned ({{coord|-20.8643|144.2066|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Hughenden East railway station (former)}}){{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings – Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• Pooroga railway station, now abandoned ({{coord|-20.8731|144.2820|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Pooroga railway station (former)}})

Hughenden was a terminus for the former Hughenden-Winton railway line with the following rail stops in the locality (north to south):

• Dividing Siding railway siding point, now abandoned ({{coord|-20.9692|144.0978|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Dividing Siding railway siding point (former)}})
• Watten railway station, now abandoned ({{coord|-21.0131|144.0595|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Watten railway station (former)}})

Hughenden Airport is to the north-east of the town ({{coord|-20.8126|144.2250|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=Hughenden Airport}}).{{Cite web|date=22 October 2020|title=Heliports and landing grounds – Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140611/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a|archive-date=16 November 2020|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

The upper Flinders River area has been occupied by the Yirandhali people from around 11,000 years ago.{{Citation | author1=Morwood, Michael John | title=The prehistory of Aboriginal landuse on the upper Flinders River, North Queensland highlands | date=1990 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192606736 | access-date=15 January 2019 | archive-date=18 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054143/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192606736 | url-status=live }} Jirandali (also known as Yirandali, Warungu, Yirandhali) is an Australian Aboriginal language of North-West Queensland, particularly the Hughenden area. The language region includes the local government area of the Shire of Flinders, including Dutton River, Flinders River, Mount Sturgeon, Caledonia, Richmond, Corfield, Winton, Torrens, Tower Hill, Landsborough Creek, Lammermoor Station, Hughenden, and Tangorin.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/69?embed=true|title=Guugu Yimithirr|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}

Dalleburra (also known as Dalebura, Dal-leyburra, Yirandali) is a language of North-West Queensland, particularly Lammermoor Station via Hughenden. The Dalleburra language region includes the local government boundaries of the Flinders Shire Council.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/52?embed=true|title=Indigenous languages map of Queensland|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=5 February 2020}}

The region in the vicinity of Hughenden was originally known as Mokana in the Yirandhali language.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofi00gray|title=Reminiscences of India and North Queensland|last1=Gray|first1=Robert|date=1913|publisher=Constable and Company|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofi00gray/page/73 73]}}

British occupation began in October 1861 with the expedition group led by Frederick Walker camping near the site of the future township of Hughenden.{{Citation | author1=Norman, W. H. | author2=Landsborough, William. | author3=Walker, Frederick. | title=Exploration expedition : letter from Commander Norman reporting the return of the "Victoria" from the Gulf of Carpentaria : together with reports and correspondence | date=1862 | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134032407 | access-date=15 January 2019 | archive-date=22 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222022015/https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-134032407/view | url-status=live }} Pastoralists soon followed and in 1863. Ernest Henry and his cousin Robert Gray established the Hughenden sheep station. [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99237793402061 Lucy Gray papers, State Library of Queensland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521034441/https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=61SLQ_INST:SLQ&search_scope=Everything&tab=All&docid=alma99237793402061 |date=21 May 2024 }} Hughenden was named after Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, the home of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Robert Gray and Ernest Henry both had a family connection with Hughenden Manor. {{Cite QPN|16403|Hughenden|town|access-date=12 June 2017}} Their grandfather, John Norris owned the property until it was sold to Disraeli on Norris's death. It was also owned by John's father, also named John Norris, a wealthy merchant and member of the famous Hellfire Club.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

The actual town of Hughenden began in 1870 as a barracks for the paramilitary Native Police with sub-Inspector Harry Finch and his six troopers constructing the simple buildings at the junction of Station Creek with the Flinders River. In 1877, William Mark built a pub near the barracks and in August of that year the township site was officially surveyed and allotments made available for purchase.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63384822|title=AROUND THE CAMPFIRE|date=1951-07-19|work=Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 – 1954)|access-date=2020-02-16|pages=5|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054145/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63384822|url-status=live}}

Hughenden Post Office opened on 1 July 1878 (a receiving office had been open from 1874).{{Cite web | last = Phoenicx Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Hughenden* | access-date = 18 January 2021 | archive-date = 18 December 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054144/http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=%2AHughenden%2A | url-status = live }}

Hughenden Provisional School opened on 22 April 1880, becoming Hughenden State School in 1884. On 30 January 1968, it was expanded to have a secondary department.{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

In November 1883, "Hughenden West Estate" made up of 37 allotments were advertised to be auctioned by Wilson, Ayton and Ryan of Townsville. A map advertising the auction states the allotments are charmingly situated on high sloping ground, overlooking the Town of Hughenden, within a few minutes walk to the Post and Telegraph Offices, the Court House and the business centre of town. The map also states these residence sites only need the completion of the railway works to enormously increase its value.{{Cite web|url=http://rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?change_lng=en&dps_pid=IE424647|title=West Hughenden Estate|date=24 November 1883|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=25 March 2019|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054145/http://rosettadel.slq.qld.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?change_lng=en&dps_pid=IE424647|url-status=live}}

Hughenden North Provisional School opened {{Circa|1897}}, becoming Hughenden North State School on 1 January 1909. Due to low attendances, it closed in 1926.

St Francis' Catholic School was opened on 1 October 1900 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au/|title=Welcome to St Francis Catholic School, Hughenden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612071246/http://www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au/|archive-date=12 June 2017|url-status=live|access-date=12 June 2017}}

Torrens Creek near Hughenden is where the Americans stored explosives in World War II. The Americans didn't know of the dangerous bush fires out there. After they put out a fire they went back to camp thinking that the fire was out. However, the fire took hold again without them knowing. They then heard about twelve major explosions in succession; the explosions left craters twenty feet deep. Hot shrapnel covered a wide area and started more fires. In the townships, people said that buildings shook and windows broke, and some people were convinced that an air raid had occurred. Thousands of soldiers and civilians attacked the blaze in an attempt to stop it spreading to fuel dumps, but were unable to control it. When the fire got to the explosives it was so powerful it blew the Americans out of their trucks. Many buildings and shops got burnt down from the spreading fires. However the locals were able to save the post office. A police Constable from Torrens Creek Police was awarded the King's Medal of Bravery.{{cite web|url=http://www.hughenden.com/Document1.aspx?id=820|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911153600/http://www.hughenden.com/Document1.aspx?id=820|archive-date=11 September 2007|title=History|access-date=12 December 2018}}

File:Plan of Court House, Hughenden, August 1945.jpg

File:Queensland State Archives 4397 New Court House Hughenden 1952.png

In June 1945, it was announced that a new court house would be built in Hughenden in the 1945-1946 financial year with architectural plans drawn up in August 1945.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61953183|title=NEW COURTHOUSE FOR HUGHENDEN|date=28 June 1945|newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin|access-date=21 October 2017|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXVII|page=1|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054150/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61953183|url-status=live}}{{Cite QSA Item|1430505|Plan of Hughenden Court House, Hughenden.|21 October 2017}} However, it was not until September 1946 that the Executive Council of the Queensland Government approved expenditure of £31,560 for the project.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71428945|title=POINTS FROM THE NEWS|date=16 September 1946|newspaper=Worker|access-date=21 October 2017|issue=3087|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=27|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054148/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71428945|url-status=live}} In September 1947, the project stopped because it was determined that the foundations would not support a 2-storey building and that the new court house would have to be redesigned as single-level building.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81409654|title=HUGHENDEN COURT HOUSE|date=1 September 1947|newspaper=The Northern Miner|access-date=21 October 2017|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054147/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81409654|url-status=live}} In January 1950, the new plans for the one-storey building were announced and by October that year, the construction was progressing in "leaps and bounds".{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63469212|title=NEW HUGHENDEN COURT HOUSE|date=14 January 1950|newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin|access-date=21 October 2017|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXX|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054149/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63469212|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63177161|title=NEW COURT HOUSE AT HUGH'DEN PROGRESSING|date=14 October 1950|newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin|access-date=21 October 2017|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXX|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054147/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63177161|url-status=live}} A shortage of cement appears to have delayed the project until 10,000 tons of cement was imported from England in January 1951.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article171583879|title=English Cement for Qld. Govt.|date=13 January 1951|newspaper=Daily Mercury|access-date=21 October 2017|issue=12|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=85|page=1|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054148/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171583879|url-status=live}} By January 1952, three-quarters of the framing had been completed while the project was suffering from a shortage of skilled labour and the cost having risen to an estimated £60,000.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81565436|title=£77,000 HAS BEEN SPENT ON MENTAL HOME|date=10 January 1952|newspaper=The Northern Miner|access-date=21 October 2017|location=Queensland, Australia|page=1|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054149/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81565436|url-status=live}} In October 1954 the court house was described as "almost completed",{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81666565|title=PWD Schemes Will Cost Thousands|date=9 October 1954|newspaper=The Northern Miner|access-date=21 October 2017|location=Queensland, Australia|page=1|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218054147/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81666565|url-status=live}} but it was not until 1955 that the court house opened.{{Cite web|url=http://www.flinders.qld.gov.au/documents/12582/41698379/Hughenden%20Timeline%201841%20to%202013.pdf|title=Hughenden and District Timeline: From 1841 to 2013|publisher=Flinders Shire Council|page=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021080138/http://www.flinders.qld.gov.au/documents/12582/41698379/Hughenden%20Timeline%201841%20to%202013.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=21 October 2017}}

In 1960, the Hughenden branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association opened their hall.{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180873866|title=QCWA Hall, Hughenden, 2008|author1=Murdoch, Colleen|date=2008|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000217/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180873866|url-status=live}}

On 9 June 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, Mrs Jean Eva Anderson of Ballater Station of Stamford was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her "service to the community of Hughenden, particularly through the Country Womens Association". She had given 52 years of service to the Hughenden branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association. Her award was presented to her by the Governor of Queensland, Quentin Bryce.{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180874215|title=Portrait of Mrs Jean Anderson of Stamford with Order of Australia medal, 2003|access-date=3 January 2019|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000218/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180874215|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1043822|title=ANDERSON, Jean Eva|website=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102222442/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1043822|archive-date=2 January 2019|url-status=live|access-date=3 January 2019}}

In August 2008, Hughenden hosted the first Arid Lands Festival and The Great Hughenden Camel Endurance Challenge.[http://www.aridlandsaustralia.org/ Arid Lands Australia Incorporated] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407110946/http://www.aridlandsaustralia.org/ |date=7 April 2008 }}, retrieved 22 March 2008.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Hughenden had a population of 1,136 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31383|name=Hughenden (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Hughenden had a population of 1,113 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31369|name=Hughenden (SAL)|access-date=17 June 2024|quick=on}}

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

• The Grand Hotel, 25 Gray Street{{cite QHR|3755|The Grand Hotel|602608|access-date=7 July 2013}}

Hughenden State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep–12) school for boys and girls at 12 Moran Street ({{coord|-20.8459|144.1965|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Hughenden State School}}).{{cite web|title=Hughenden State School|url=https://www.hughendess.eq.edu.au|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328083820/https://hughendess.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 115 students with 15 teachers and 13 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).

St Francis Catholic School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 8 Flinders Street ({{coord|-20.8461|144.2020|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Francis Catholic School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web|title=St Francis Catholic School|url=https://www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829125327/https://www.sfsh.catholic.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 41 students with 4 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|access-date=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}

The Flinders Shire Council operates the Flinders Shire Public Library at 39 Grey Street.{{Cite web|title=Flinders Library|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|access-date=15 January 2018|website=Public Libraries Connect|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|url-status=live}}

The Hughenden branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association has its rooms at 42 Stansfield Street.{{Cite web|title=Branch locations|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|archive-date=26 December 2018|access-date=26 December 2018|website=Queensland Country Women's Association}}

Hughenden has a large range of sports on offer, including pony clubs, swimming, lawn bowls, golf, netball, tennis, campdrafting, rugby league, and gymnastics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071010081623/http://www.hughenden.com/Document1.aspx?id=798 Hughenden – Community Groups], retrieved 4 July 2008.

The town hosts the Hughenden Dinosaur Festival, which attracts tourists and includes entertainment and other events.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070910013438/http://www.hughenden.com/Document1.aspx?id=800 Events]

Hughenden has a replica of the Muttaburrasaurus, a dinosaur, whose bones were discovered in 1963 near Muttaburra ({{convert|220|km}} by road from Hughenden) and some teeth and other bones were also discovered around Hughenden.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-19 |title=Mutt - Full Bodied Replica of a Muttaburrasaurus |url=https://www.visithughenden.com.au/attraction/mutt-full-bodied-replica-of-a-muttaburrasaurus/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Visit Hughenden |language=en-AU}}

The Historic Coolabah Tree is a tourist attraction ({{coord|-20.8455|144.2050|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Historic Coolabah Tree, Hughenden}}).{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Tourist points – Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124222328/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} Two expeditions searching for the lost Burke and Wills expedition left blazes on the tree. The search expeditions were led by Frederick Walker in 1861 and William Landsborough in 1862.{{Cite web|date=2021-12-17|title=Historic Coolabah Tree {{!}} Outback Queensland|url=https://www.outbackqueensland.com.au/attractions/historic-coolabah-tree/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Queensland Outback|language=en-AU|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410140810/https://www.outbackqueensland.com.au/attractions/historic-coolabah-tree/}}

• Hughenden Airport

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Hughenden has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Record temperatures have varied from around {{convert|44|°C|°F|1}} in the summer months to as low as {{convert|-2|°C|°F|1}} in winter, but average maximum temperatures are usually a very hot {{convert|36|°C|°F|1}} in summer and a very warm {{convert|25|°C|°F}} in June and July. Minimum temperatures range from {{convert|22|°C|°F}} in summer to around {{convert|10|°C|°F}} in winter. On average, a minimum below {{convert|2|°C|°F|1}} is recorded once per year.

The average annual rainfall is around {{convert|490|mm|in|0}}, of which over three-quarters falls from November to March. Between May and September, rainfall is extremely rare: the median rainfall is zero in August, less than {{convert|2|mm|in|1}} in July and September and less than {{convert|10|mm|in|1}} in April, May, June and October. Variability is extreme, however, and totals as high as {{convert|800|mm|in}} occur roughly one year in ten, whilst in the driest years as little as {{convert|127|mm|in|0}} can be recorded. Between December and March, monthly totals can exceed {{convert|330|mm|in}} if the monsoon is vigorous,Wilcox, Jacqui and Young, Phillip; Queensland's rainfall history: graphs of rainfall averages, 1880–1988; published 1991 by Queensland Department of Primary Industries. {{ISBN|0-7242-3913-8}} with the wettest month being January 1984 with {{convert|659.7|mm|in|2}}.

Humidity is generally low except when the monsoon is active, when relatively lower temperatures accompany high humidity. The same applies to cloudiness: in the dry winter months over twenty days are completely clear.

{{Weather box

| width = auto

| location = Hughenden Post Office

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 43.6

| Feb record high C = 42.8

| Mar record high C = 40.1

| Apr record high C = 37.8

| May record high C = 33.6

| Jun record high C = 33.5

| Jul record high C = 34.3

| Aug record high C = 36.1

| Sep record high C = 39.3

| Oct record high C = 40.4

| Nov record high C = 43.9

| Dec record high C = 44.0

| Jan high C = 35.8

| Feb high C = 34.7

| Mar high C = 33.7

| Apr high C = 31.4

| May high C = 27.9

| Jun high C = 25.0

| Jul high C = 25.0

| Aug high C = 27.5

| Sep high C = 31.1

| Oct high C = 34.5

| Nov high C = 36.1

| Dec high C = 36.9

| year high C = 31.6

| Jan low C = 22.5

| Feb low C = 22.1

| Mar low C = 20.5

| Apr low C = 17.0

| May low C = 13.2

| Jun low C = 9.8

| Jul low C = 8.8

| Aug low C = 10.4

| Sep low C = 14.0

| Oct low C = 18.0

| Nov low C = 20.5

| Dec low C = 22.0

| year low C = 16.6

| Jan record low C = 15.4

| Feb record low C = 15.2

| Mar record low C = 11.1

| Apr record low C = 7.2

| May record low C = 2.3

| Jun record low C = 0.0

| Jul record low C = -2.0

| Aug record low C = −1.4

| Sep record low C = 4.8

| Oct record low C = 7.0

| Nov record low C = 10.5

| Dec record low C = 14.6

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 114.5

| Feb rain mm = 98.0

| Mar rain mm = 58.2

| Apr rain mm = 26.0

| May rain mm = 17.8

| Jun rain mm = 18.6

| Jul rain mm = 11.6

| Aug rain mm = 7.9

| Sep rain mm = 9.0

| Oct rain mm = 22.3

| Nov rain mm = 36.0

| Dec rain mm = 71.1

| Jan rain days = 8.2

| Feb rain days = 7.6

| Mar rain days = 4.7

| Apr rain days = 2.3

| May rain days = 1.8

| Jun rain days = 1.8

| Jul rain days = 1.4

| Aug rain days = 0.9

| Sep rain days = 1.3

| Oct rain days = 2.7

| Nov rain days = 4.3

| Dec rain days = 6.0

| unit rain days = 0.2 mm

| source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_030024_All|site_name=HUGHENDEN POST OFFICE|access-date=3 April 2013|date=March 2013}}

| date = March 2013

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• Porcupine Gorge National Park
• Kennedy Energy Park

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• {{Cite book |url=https://www.flinders.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/387/early-settlement-of-hughenden-and-districtpdf |title=Official souvenir of the centenary of settlement in Hughenden and district, 1863–1963 |publisher=Flinders Shire Council |date=1963 |author1=Erricker |first=Desmond Frederick |author2=Langan |first2=Brian T |author3=Erricker |first3=Janet |access-date=}}
• The Railways of Hughenden Knowles, J.W. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, April, 1965
• {{Cite book|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12505104|title=History of the Hughenden State School 1880-1980|publisher=Hughenden State School|date=1980|author1=Kirkwood, John|author2=Alloway, Anne|access-date=12 June 2017}}
• {{Citation|title=A souvenir of the diamond jubilee 1885-1945 of the Catholic parish of Hughenden, Diocese of Townsville|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15242899|date=1945|author1=Catholic Church. Parish of Hughenden (QLD)|publisher=St. Vincent's Boys' Home|access-date=12 June 2017}}

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• {{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/hughenden|title=Hughenden|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
• Town map of Hughenden, 1979, [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-hughenden-sh1-1979.jpg northern] and [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-hughenden-sh2-1979.jpg southern] sections
• [https://buildings.slq.qld.gov.au/feature.html?id=93f0c411-1262-431b-adeb-b8685a180b91 Hughenden Court House Discover Queensland Buildings website]
• [https://hughendenshow.com/ Hughenden Show]
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma996905384702061 Annual reports Hughenden Hospitals Board], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183737521302061 Hughenden town centre buildings], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99237793402061 Lucy Gray papers], State Library of Queensland

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