:Raglan, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Raglan

| state = qld

| image = RaglanTavern1.jpg

| caption = Raglan Tavern, 2022

| coordinates = {{coord|-23.7161|150.8188|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Raglan (town centre)}}

| pop = 143

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4697

| area = 596.6

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 20.4

| dir1 = NW

| location1 = Mount Larcom

| dist2 = 52.0

| dir2 = NW

| location2 = Gladstone

| dist3 = 56.0

| dir3 = SE

| location3 = Rockhampton

| dist4 = 559

| dir4 = NNW

| location4 = Brisbane

| lga = Gladstone Region

| stategov = Gladstone

| fedgov = Flynn

| maxtemp =

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| rainfall =

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| near-n = The Narrows

| near-ne = Darts Creek

| near-e = Ambrose

| near-se = Bracewell

| near-s = Mount Alma

| near-sw = Ulogie

| near-w = Bajool

| near-nw = Marmor

}}

Raglan is a rural town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|27903|Raglan|town in Gladstone Region|accessdate=27 December 2020}}{{cite QPN|46618|Raglan|locality in Gladstone Region|accessdate=27 December 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Raglan had a population of 143 people.

Geography

Raglan is located on Raglan Creek, part of the Casuarina Creek drainage system that empties into Keppel Bay.

The locality contains the following mountains:

King Solomon Spur ({{coord|-23.8515|150.6162|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=King Solomon Spur}}) {{convert|230|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}}
Marble Mountain ({{coord|-23.9004|150.6556|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Marble Mountain}}) {{convert|330|m}}{{cite QPN|20911|Marble Mountain|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Alma ({{coord|-23.9594|150.8047|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Alma}}) {{convert|748|m}}{{cite QPN|443|Mount Alma|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Bennett ({{coord|-23.8927|150.7686|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Bennett}}) {{convert|409|m}}{{cite QPN|2322|Mount Bennett|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Bomboolba ({{coord|-23.7801|150.6980|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Bomboolba}}) {{convert|412|m}}{{cite QPN|3522|Mount Bomboolba|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Despair ({{coord|-23.7931|150.8105|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Despair}}) {{convert|290|m}}{{cite QPN|9799|Mount Despair|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Erebus ({{coord|-23.7809|150.7911|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Erebus}}) {{convert|350|m}}{{cite QPN|11812|Mount Erebus|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Holly ({{coord|-23.7714|150.8283|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Holly}}) {{convert|256|m}}{{cite QPN|16007|Mount Holly|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Mount Wendy ({{coord|-23.9348|150.6667|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Wendy}}) {{convert|657|m}}{{cite QPN|36987|Mount Wendy|mountain in Gladstone Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}

These ranges are a significant source of marble and calcite, and the South Ulam mine is located there.{{cite web|title=South Ulam|url=http://mininglink.com.au/site/south-ulam|access-date=26 October 2020|website=MiningLink|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030062803/http://mininglink.com.au/site/south-ulam|url-status=live}}

The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the east (Ambrose), passes through the town along Raglan Street, and exits to the north-west (Marmor).{{Queensland Globe|access-date=3 May 2021}}

The North Coast railway line runs roughly parallel and north of the highway, passes through the locality with the following stations (from east to west):{{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}}

Epala railway station ({{coord|-23.7600|150.8797|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Epala railway station}})
Amos railway station ({{coord|-23.7423|150.8406|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Amos railway station (former)|display=}}), now abandoned
Raglan railway station ({{coord|-23.7181|150.8197|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Raglan railway station}}) serving the town

Amos is a neighbourhood in the locality ({{coord|-23.7333|150.85|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Amos (neighbourhood)}}) in the vicinity of the Amos railway station.{{cite QPN|547|Amos|locality unbounded in Gladstone Regional|accessdate=27 December 2020}}

There are two airstrips in the locality:

Mt Bennett station airstrip ({{coord|-23.9070|150.7625|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=Mt Bennett station airstrip}}){{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 Old Station airstrip ({{coord|-23.8220|150.8238|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=The Old Station airstrip}})

History

File:StateLibQld 1 153895 Milking the cow at Ambrose's farm, Raglan, 1912.jpgThe region was first declared as the County of Raglan and opened for British pastoral squatting in January 1854.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230693743 |title=PORT CURTIS. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=3 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 January 1854 |access-date=27 October 2020 |page=49 |via=National Library of Australia}} The name Raglan was in honour of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, First Baron Raglan (1788-1855), first Commander in Chief British Army in Crimea.

British occupation began in early January 1856 during a punitive expedition led by Lieutenant John Murray of the Native Police. Murray was tracking down local Aboriginal tribes suspected of involvement in the killing of five people at nearby Mount Larcombe sheep station. With a posse comitatus of around twenty armed and mounted men, including troopers, constables and colonists, Murray surrounded a "large mob" of about a hundred Aboriginal people camped on a creek near to where the township of Raglan now stands. At the break of dawn, Murray's group attacked the camp and "bullets from a score or more carbines wrought death," with those being shot at running "from side to side in their frantic efforts to escape." Only a few escaped and these "were pursued and either shot or driven into the waters of [Keppel] Bay."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68201185 |title=ALONG THE COAST |newspaper=The Capricornian |volume=26 |issue=24 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=16 June 1900 |access-date=27 October 2020 |page=41 |via=National Library of Australia}} A participant later wrote that the ammunition they used during the attack had become exhausted and that they had to use their rifles as clubs. Many of the Aboriginal people were killed or terribly wounded but no casualties were recorded amongst Murray's group.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199301329 |title=TRUTH IS TRU TALES |newspaper=Truth |issue=255 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 December 1904 |access-date=27 October 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The creek where this occurred was named Hourigan's Creek after the man who fired the first shot of the massacre. This shot was at "a huge savage who [was] seen to get up and stretch himself," the rest of the Aboriginal camp still being asleep. The creek is still called Hourigan's Creek and is still used for shooting with the Raglan Target Sports Association complex being located on its banks.{{cite web |title=Raglan Rifle Range |url=http://www.matchrifle.org/Ranges/Raglan.htm |website=matchrifle |access-date=27 October 2020 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030105459/http://www.matchrifle.org/Ranges/Raglan.htm |url-status=live }} An early resident of Raglan recorded that when he first came to the area he noticed that "the skulls of black warriors...had been made into an ornamental border for a large flower bed in the garden" of the homestead of Raglan Station.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69746938 |title=THE RAINBOW TRAIL |newspaper=The Capricornian |volume=XLIX |issue=43 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 October 1924 |access-date=27 October 2020 |page=66 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503052458/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69746938 |url-status=live }}

Raglan was established as a pastoral sheep station in 1857 by William Landsborough who held it for several years before selling it on. The allotments for the township of Raglan were first surveyed in 1865.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1270227 |title=TELEGRAPHIC |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=XIX |issue=2,236 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=30 March 1865 |access-date=27 October 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503052520/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1270227 |url-status=live }}

Gold was found in Raglan in 1867.{{Citation | author1=Jack, Robert Logan | author2=Etheridge, Robert | title=The geology and palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea | date=1892 | publisher=Govt. Printer | page=107 | isbn=9785875780288 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTQOAwAAQBAJ&q=raglan+goldfield&pg=PA107 | access-date=20 April 2014 | archive-date=3 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503052519/https://books.google.com/books?id=lTQOAwAAQBAJ&q=raglan+goldfield&pg=PA107 | url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1285872 |title=ROCKHAMPTON. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=16 July 1867 |access-date=20 April 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503052521/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1285872 |url-status=live }} In August 1867 a nugget of gold was found. Described as "a monster", it was {{convert|16|in|cm}} long and {{convert|4|in|cm}} wide, weighing {{convert|30|lb|kg}} and worth £1,400. There were around 300 gold diggers active at the Raglan goldfield at that time.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1286580 |title=TELEGRAPHIC. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=15 August 1867 |access-date=20 April 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503052521/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1286580 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1286652 |title=ROCKHAMPTON. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=17 August 1867 |access-date=20 April 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503052522/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1286652 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1286793 |title=ROCKHAMPTON. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=24 August 1867 |access-date=20 April 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503063507/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1286793 |url-status=live }}

Raglan Creek Provisional School opened on 4 August 1879,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51990949 |title=The Morning Bulletin, ROCKHAMPTON. |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=21 January 1879 |access-date=20 April 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503063503/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51990949 |url-status=live }} but closed on 31 October 1879. It reopened on 5 March 1883, and became Raglan Creek State School on 1 January 1909. In 1911 it was renamed Raglan State School. The school closed on 13 December 1996.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=20 April 2014}}{{cite QSA Agency|5644|Raglan State School|20 April 2014}}{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} The school was at 18 Langmorn Street ({{Coord|-23.7196|150.8237|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Raglan State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1984|title=Town of Raglan|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-raglan-1984.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=3 May 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503042834/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-raglan-1984.jpg}}

Langmorn Creek Crossing Provisional School opened on 20 October 1915 but closed circa 31 January 1916. It reopened as Langmorn Provisional School circa January 1926. On 1 January 1931 it became Langmorn State School. It closed on 26 October 1941, but reopened on 26 October 1944. It closed finally on 11 May 1962. It was at 187 Langmore School Road, now in Ambrose ({{Coord|-23.8185|150.8823|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Langmore State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1943|title=Langmorn|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-langmorn-1943.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=3 May 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=13 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313100358/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-langmorn-1943.jpg}}{{Cite web|date=1954|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m201|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m201-admin-bdy-1954.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=3 May 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503063502/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m201-admin-bdy-1954.jpg}}

Hourigan Creek State School opened in 1916 and closed circa 1932.{{cite news|date=24 April 1916|title=Advertising|page=1|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=16131|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53418257|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503063522/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53418257|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=29 May 1916|title=SCHOOL AT HOURIGAN CREEK.|page=6|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=16161|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53426364|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503063505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53426364|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=6 January 1917|title=RAGLAN.|volume=42|page=40|newspaper=The Capricornian|issue=1|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69415826|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503063520/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69415826|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=7 September 1932|title=RAGLAN|page=3|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=20637|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55493999|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=3 May 2021|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503063506/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55493999|url-status=live}} It was located on or near Hourigan Creek Road (approx {{Coord|-23.7378|150.7829|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Hourigan Creek State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1935|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m203|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m203-soil-1935.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=3 May 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503061721/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m203-soil-1935.jpg}}

The Raglan Memorial Hall was built in about 1932 and was used for dances until 1990, after which it stood idle. It was relocated to the Calliope River Historical Village in March 2002 and officially re-opened by George Creed, the mayor of Calliope Shire.{{cite web|title=Raglan Memorial Hall|url=http://www.callioperiverhistoricalvillage.com/index.php/historical-village/13-raglan-hotel|website=Calliope River Historical Village|publisher=Port Curtis Historical Society|access-date=10 July 2014|archive-date=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622111809/http://www.callioperiverhistoricalvillage.com/index.php/historical-village/13-raglan-hotel|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=Visitor Guide booklet|publisher=Port Curtis Historical Society}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Raglan Raglan was included with neighbouring Ambrose and together had a population of 545 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30035|name=Ambrose (SSC)|accessdate=20 April 2014|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Raglan had a population of 146 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32407|name=Raglan (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Raglan had a population of 143 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32383|name=Raglan (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

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

Langmorn Road ({{coord|-23.8352|150.7544|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Langmorn Homestead}}): Langmorn Homestead{{cite QHR|15162|Langmorn Homestead|600387|access-date=8 July 2013}}
Raglan Station Road ({{coord|-23.7407|150.8448|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Parson's Inn}}): Parson's Inn{{cite QHR|22216|Parson's Inn|600388|access-date=8 July 2013}}
Raglan Station Road ({{coord|-23.7328|150.8828|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Raglan Homestead}}): Raglan Homestead{{cite QHR|15164|Raglan Homestead|600389|access-date=8 July 2013}}

Education

There are no schools in Raglan. The nearest government primary schools are Marmor State School in neighbouring Marmor to the north-west, Ambrose State School in neighbouring Ambrose to the east, and Bajool State School in neighbouring Bajool to the west. The nearest government secondary schools is Mount Larcom State School (to Year 10) in Mount Larcom to the south-east. For secondary education to Year 12, the nearest government secondary schools are Gladstone State High School in West Gladstone, Gladstone, to the south-east and Rockhampton State High School in Wandal, Rockhampton, to the north-east.

Facilities

Raglan Cemetery is at 75 Hourigan Creek Road ({{coord|-23.7159|150.8082|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Raglan Cemetery}}).{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Cemetery Areas - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115100513/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b|archive-date=15 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

Amenities

The Old Station is a flying club at 123 Langmorn Road ({{coord|-23.8222|150.8125|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=The Old Station Flying Club}}) near The Old Station airstrip.{{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Building points - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050838/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web|title=The Old Station Flying Club|url=https://oldstationflyingclub.com.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-03|website=|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304085805/https://oldstationflyingclub.com.au/}}

References

External links

{{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-raglan-1984.jpg|title=Town map of Raglan|date=1984|publisher=Queensland Government}}

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