:Richmond, Queensland

The origin of the name Richmond comes from when Arthur Bundock and Walter Hayes took up land in the district which they named the Richmond Downs Pastoral Run. It was named after the Richmond River in northern New South Wales which was where Bundock had been born.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/richmond-qld |title=Richmond, QLD |publisher=Aussie Towns|date=2017}}

The town is {{convert|498|km|mi}} west of Townsville and {{convert|406|km|mi}} east of Mount Isa. The Flinders Highway traverses the locality from east to west passing through the town which is located in about the centre of the locality. The Great Northern railway runs immediately south and parallel to the highway through the east of the locality, crossing over in the town which is served by the Richmond railway station, and then the railway runs immediately north and parallel to the highway through the west of the locality. There is a second railway station, the Moselle railway on the far eastern edge of the locality, named after the pastoral run, which in turn was named in about the 1870s by pastoralist J.B. Brodie after the Moselle River in eastern France.{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=|access-date=8 March 2021}}{{Cite QPN|22886|Moselle|railway station in the Shire of Richmond|accessdate=15 October 2017}}

The Flinders River flows through the locality from east to west, passing to the west of the town, where the river has its confluence with its tributary Dutton River.

The Richmond–Croydon Road exits to the north-west, and the Richmond–Winton Road to the south-west.{{cite map |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11676984#map=9/-20.7140/143.2675 |title=Richmond, Queensland |publisher=OpenStreetMap |access-date=13 April 2022}}

Jirandali (also known as Yirandali, Warungu, and 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|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}

Wanamarra (also known as Maykulan and Wunumura is an Australian Aboriginal language in North West Queensland. The language region includes areas within the Shire of McKinlay, Shire of Cloncurry and Shire of Richmond, including the Flinders River area, and the towns of Kynuna and Richmond.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/139|title=Wanamarra|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}

The explorer William Landsborough camped at the site that would become the town of Richmond on 13 March 1862.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80353107|title=STATION SALES.|date=29 May 1911|newspaper=The Northern Miner|access-date=16 October 2017|location=Queensland, Australia|page=7|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630193257/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80353107|url-status=live}} Explorer and former Commandant of the Native Police, Frederick Walker, had previously passed through the area in October 1861, naming and camping on the Dutton River. Both the Landsborough and Walker parties were attempting to locate the Burke and Wills expedition.{{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 }}

The leasehold of the Richmond Downs Pastoral Run was granted in 1863 to Wellington Cochrane Bundock and Enoch Price Walter Hays who came from the Richmond River in New South Wales.{{cite QPN|48159|Bundock|population centre in Shire of Richmond|access-date=20 July 2021}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Item ID ITM75886 |url=https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/items/ITM75886 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Queensland State Archives}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95498128|title=W. C. BUNDOCK AND A. F. BUNDOCK, RICHMOND RIVER PIONEERS|date=4 March 1940|newspaper=The Northern Star|access-date=16 October 2017|location=New South Wales, Australia|volume=63|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630193258/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/95498128|url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=19 February 1940 |title=W. C. BUNDOCK AND "WYANGARIE" |volume=63 |page=10 |newspaper=Northern Star |location=New South Wales, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95496015 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1866 the Crown Lands Office transferred the leasehold on the Pastoral Runs of Wyanganie, Landsborough Downs and Richmond Downs in the Burke district from W C Bundock and F S Hays to Robert Napier, manager of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney.{{cite news |date=6 October 1866 |title=Classified Advertising |volume=XXI |page=3 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=2,713 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1275182 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=9 January 1867 |title=Advertising |page=1 |newspaper=Empire |issue=4,744 |location=New South Wales, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60604563 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} Then in 1867 the interest of the bank in these three properties was transferred back to W C Bundock and Francis S Hays.{{cite news |date=18 February 1868 |title=Advertising |volume=VII |page=1 |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser |issue=892 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123357156 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

By 1867, Richmond Downs had a postal service.{{cite news |date=9 February 1870 |title=UPPER FLINDERS. |volume=XXIV |page=3 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=3,853 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1309055 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=2 July 1867 |title=Classified Advertising |volume=XXII |page=1 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=3,034 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1285562 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} However at some stage the service drew the attention of the Postmaster General for inefficiency.{{cite news |date=13 December 1879 |title=THE CONTRIBUTOR. |volume=XLII |page=33 |newspaper=Leader |issue=1250 |location=Victoria, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198010738 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} In the 1870s services became intermittent.{{cite news |date=3 April 1875 |title=Postal Affairs at the Flinders. |volume=X |page=9 |newspaper=The Queenslander |issue=61 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18335461 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=29 January 1878 |title=EASTERN NEWS PER R.M.S. BRISBANE. |page=2 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |issue=2097 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148448144 |accessdate=9 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |date=12 June 1879 |title=Melbourne. |volume=XXXIII |page=2 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=3,765 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article884867 |accessdate=10 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}} In May 1899, the post office name was changed from Richmond Downs to Richmond, and a new post office built.{{cite news |date=8 July 1899 |title=PUBLIC WORKS. |volume=LVI |page=4 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=12,945 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3697158 |accessdate=10 February 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}

In 1880, gold was found at Woolgar to the north and Richmond became an important stagecoach stop en route to Woolgar.

The town was surveyed on 9 December 1882 by surveyor Joseph Hargreaves with town lots sold from April 1883.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52025449|title=WESTERN MAIL NEWS.|date=26 April 1883|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|access-date=15 October 2017|issue=4706|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXX|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630193258/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52025449|url-status=live}}

Richmond Provisional School opened on 22 May 1889 with 23 pupils, becoming Richmond State School on 27 February 1902 when it had 113 pupils.{{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}}{{cite QSA Agency|5658|Richmond State School|15 October 2017}}

File:StateLibQld 2 202091 Official opening of the Hughenden to Richmond railway line, 1904.jpg

The Great Northern railway reached the town in June 1904. At the official celebration on 2 June 1904, it was explained that the line was the first to be built by cheaper methods by replacing the track ballast with packed earth, but the cost saving was at the expense of train speed, which was expected to be 15 miles per hour. It was hoped that cheaper methods would allow more pastoral areas to be serviced by rail with an immediate desire to connect through to Cloncurry.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19283842|title=THE HUGHENDEN-RICHMOND RAILWAY.|date=4 June 1904|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=16 October 2017|issue=14,475|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LX|page=5|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630193258/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19283842|url-status=live}}

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart opened a Catholic primary school in 1915.{{Cite web|title=Queensland|url=https://www.sosj.org.au/about-the-sisters/history/queensland/|access-date=2021-03-08|website=Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart|language=en-US|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109104010/https://www.sosj.org.au/about-the-sisters/history/queensland/|url-status=live}}

The Richmond Public Library was opened in 1996.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-2017|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|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|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

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In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Richmond had a population of 554 people.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL348800|name=Richmond (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=23 September 2008|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Richmond had a population of 522 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL321093|name=Richmond (UCL)|accessdate=13 July 2016|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Richmond had a population of 648 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32449|name=Richmond (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Richmond had a population of 578 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32425|name=Richmond (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:St John the Baptist Anglican Church Complex (2014).jpg

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

• 55 Crawford Street: St John the Baptist Anglican Church Complex (Constructed in 1909).{{cite QHR|16907|St John the Baptist Anglican Church Complex|601714|accessdate=12 July 2013}}

Traditionally, the two biggest industries in Richmond are sheep- and cattle-farming, however tourism is an increasingly important aspect of the local economy. In addition to being a major transit stop on the Flinders Highway, recent paleontological discoveries have unearthed the fossils of prehistoric marine creatures, some of which are on display in Richmond.

• File:Richmond, Queensland - Dinosaur Museum.jpgCambridge Downs Heritage Display Centre – a replica of the original Cambridge Downs Homestead built in the late 1860s.
• Kronosaurus Korner – fossil museum.
• Lake Fred Tritton{{Cite web |title=Richmond, QLD |url=https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/richmond-qld |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Aussie Towns |language=en-US}}
• Richmond War Memorial
• Moon Rocks Monument

Richmond has a golf course, bowling club, swimming facilities, race course, caravan park and a tourist information centre.{{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/richmond-and-richmond-shire|title=Richmond and Richmond Shire|website=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831141035/http://queenslandplaces.com.au/richmond-and-richmond-shire|archive-date=31 August 2011|url-status=live|access-date=21 December 2011|df=dmy-all}}

The Richmond Shire Council operates a public library in Richmond at 76 Goldring Street.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/richmond/richmond_library|title=Richmond Library|date=28 April 2014|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204152/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/richmond/richmond_library|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

The Richmond branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association has its rooms at 74 Goldring Street.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch locations|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=live|access-date=26 December 2018}}

Richmond State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep–10) school for boys and girls at 88 Crawford Street ({{coord|-20.7341|143.1430|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Richmond State 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|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web|title=Richmond State School|url=https://richmondss.eq.edu.au/|accessdate=8 March 2021}} In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 78 students with 10 teachers and 12 non-teaching staff (7 full-time equivalent).{{Cite web|title=Annual Report 2016|url=https://richmondss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/annual-report-2016.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015121851/https://richmondss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/annual-report-2016.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2017|access-date=15 October 2017|website=Richmond State School}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 84 students with 12 teachers and 13 non-teaching staff (8 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|accessdate=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}}

There is no school in Richmond providing education to Year 12; the nearest such school is Hughenden State School in Hughenden to the east. However, given the distances involved, other options are distance education and boarding schools.

Richmond has a hot semi-arid climate bordering on a tropical temperature regime.

{{Weather box

|location = Richmond Post Office (211 m asl), 1991–2020 normals; extremes 1893–2020

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan high C = 36.9

|Feb high C = 36.0

|Mar high C = 35.3

|Apr high C = 33.3

|May high C = 29.7

|Jun high C = 26.8

|Jul high C = 26.8

|Aug high C = 28.8

|Sep high C = 33.0

|Oct high C = 36.2

|Nov high C = 37.7

|Dec high C = 38.1

|year high C = 33.2

|Jan low C = 24.0

|Feb low C = 23.3

|Mar low C = 21.5

|Apr low C = 18.1

|May low C = 14.2

|Jun low C = 10.8

|Jul low C = 9.9

|Aug low C = 10.9

|Sep low C = 15.3

|Oct low C = 19.4

|Nov low C = 22.2

|Dec low C = 23.6

|year low C = 17.8

|Jan record high C = 46.0

|Feb record high C = 44.0

|Mar record high C = 42.4

|Apr record high C = 40.6

|May record high C = 37.8

|Jun record high C = 34.5

|Jul record high C = 36.1

|Aug record high C = 37.3

|Sep record high C = 40.3

|Oct record high C = 43.3

|Nov record high C = 45.5

|Dec record high C = 45.6

|year record high C = 46.0

|Jan record low C = 13.3

|Feb record low C = 12.5

|Mar record low C = 10.6

|Apr record low C = 3.6

|May record low C = 1.1

|Jun record low C = -2.4

|Jul record low C = -2.2

|Aug record low C = -1.1

|Sep record low C = 2.2

|Oct record low C = 4.4

|Nov record low C = 7.3

|Dec record low C = 10.2

|year record low C = -2.4

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 133.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 115.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 65.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 21.4

|May precipitation mm = 8.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 13.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 10.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 6.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 5.1

|Oct precipitation mm = 13.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 35.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 72.0

|year precipitation mm = 499.6

|Jan precipitation days = 9.4

|Feb precipitation days = 8.9

|Mar precipitation days = 5.2

|Apr precipitation days = 2.1

|May precipitation days = 1.5

|Jun precipitation days = 1.3

|Jul precipitation days = 1.2

|Aug precipitation days = 1.1

|Sep precipitation days = 1.1

|Oct precipitation days = 2.5

|Nov precipitation days = 4.9

|Dec precipitation days = 6.6

|year precipitation days = 45.8

|humidity colour = green

|Jan afthumidity = 38

|Feb afthumidity = 41

|Mar afthumidity = 33

|Apr afthumidity = 30

|May afthumidity = 31

|Jun afthumidity = 31

|Jul afthumidity = 28

|Aug afthumidity = 23

|Sep afthumidity = 20

|Oct afthumidity = 21

|Nov afthumidity = 25

|Dec afthumidity = 29

|year afthumidity = 29

|source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=030045&p_prim_element_index=0&p_comp_element_index=0&redraw=null&p_display_type=full_statistics_table&normals_years=1981-2010&tablesizebutt=normal|title=Climate Statistics for Richmond Post Office|publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=12 September 2018|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630193301/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=030045&p_prim_element_index=0&p_comp_element_index=0&redraw=null&p_display_type=full_statistics_table&normals_years=1981-2010&tablesizebutt=normal|url-status=live}}

}}

• See Richmond Airport

{{Adjacent stations

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|header2=Long distance rail services

|line3=Inlander|left3=Hughenden|right3=Julia Creek

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{{reflist}}

{{Commons category|Richmond, Queensland}}

• [http://www.richmond.qld.gov.au/ Richmond Shire Council]
• [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/richmond-and-richmond-shire University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Richmond and Richmond Shire]
• [http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownId=1134 Travelmate - Richmond, Queensland]
• [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-richmond-1973.jpg Town map of Richmond, 1973]
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma996915684702061 Annual reports Richmond Hospitals Board], State Library of Queensland

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