Cloncurry, Queensland

Cloncurry is situated in the north-west of Queensland, 770 kilometres west of the city of Townsville via the Flinders Highway. The town lies adjacent to the Cloncurry River.File:Cloncurry-pub-outback-queensland-australia.jpgThe Flinders Highway enters from the east and the Barkly Highway exits to the west. The Landsborough Highway enters from the south-east and the Burke Developmental Road exits to the north.

The Cloncurry–Dajarra Road exits to the south from the Barkly Highway.{{cite map |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11677394 |title=Cloncurry, Queensland |publisher=OpenStreetMap |access-date=13 April 2022}}

Cattle grazing is the significant industry in the region, and a large sale yards is located in the town.

The town has one of the richest geological layers in the world with copper (and gold) mining being core industries since 1867.

Open cut mining has impacted the landscape and the nearby former mine-site Mary Kathleen is a tourist attraction.

The Aboriginal traditional owners of Cloncurry are the Mitakoodi people (pronounced Mita-koo-dee). In August 2024, the Mitakoodi and Mayi people were formally acknowledged and officially obtained native title determination. The region of Cloncurry is traditionally known as Pimurra and the Mitakoodi people were known as the River people.

The first Europeans to traverse these tribal lands of peoples such as the Maithakari and the Wanamara,{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} were Burke and Wills on their epic, and ultimately fatal, transcontinental expedition. The Cloncurry River was named by Burke after Lady Elizabeth Cloncurry, his cousin, with the town eventually taking its name from the river.

Ernest Henry discovered copper in the area in 1867,{{cite web|title=Welcome to Cloncurry Shire Council|url=http://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/|access-date=19 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212071620/http://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/|archive-date=12 February 2014|df=dmy-all}} and the town sprang up to service the Great Australia Mine to the south. Roger Sheaffe established the first pastoral run in the Cloncurry district - "Fort Constantine".{{cite web|last=Sheaffe|first=Stephen W.|title=Roger Sheaffe - a Pioneer|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:203737/s00855804_1990_14_5_210.pdf|access-date=19 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223074905/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:203737/s00855804_1990_14_5_210.pdf|archive-date=23 February 2014|df=dmy-all}} Gold was discovered at Top Camp.{{cite web |title= Gold, Mount Isa Cloncurry region |url= http://prophetau.com/alluvialreport/mountisa.html |work= The Alluvial Gold Report Qld |access-date= 19 February 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140224131459/http://prophetau.com/alluvialreport/mountisa.html |archive-date= 24 February 2014 |df= dmy-all }}

The town was surveyed in 1876.{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Queensland Outback |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2002 |publisher= State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1040-3 |pages=85–86 }} Cloncurry was proclaimed a town in 1884.

Cloncurry Provisional School opened on 19 March 1884. In 1894, it became Cloncurry State School.

File:Cloncurry Advocate.png

The Cloncurry Advocate was a newspaper published in Cloncurry between 1889 and 1953.{{cite web |title= Cloncurry Advocate |url= http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1196317 |website= National Libraries Australia |access-date= 22 July 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213630/http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1196317 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

Queensland's Northern Line railway reached Cloncurry in December 1907 and was officially opened the next year.

St Joseph's School opened on 29 October 1909 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.{{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|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=dead}}

In 1914, a fire broke out in the town resulting in the destruction of the Post Office, the hotel, eleven shops, two store-rooms and a cottage. The telegraph office was saved by employees who kept the office damp and protected with wet blankets. One man died in the blaze which cost an estimated £15,000.{{cite news |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25508088 |title= Big blaze at Cloncurry |newspaper= The Queenslander |location= Brisbane, Queensland |date= 27 June 1914 |access-date= 6 March 2013 |page= 39 |publisher= National Library of Australia |archive-date= 12 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210912021040/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25508088 |url-status= live }}

From 1915 to 1931, the Australian Inland Mission (part of the Presbyterian Church) operated its North West Patrol in Cloncurry which provided religious services to people in remote areas by driving through the Outback; the service later operated from Mount Isa. A similar service, the Federal Methodist Inland Mission Patrol commenced was established in 1928 at its Gulf Mission Base in Camooweal. The amalgamation of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches in 1977 to form the Uniting Church in Australia intended to combine these outback services, creating a huge North West Patrol area to be covered which could not be achieved by road transport, so the Cloncurry congregation purchased an aircraft in 1976 to provide the patrol service out of Cloncurry by air wherever possible, using road travel only to access places that did not have suitable airstrips. In the early 1990s the service was renamed the McKay Patrol to honour Reverend Fred McKay, an early patrol padre who had been involved in establishing the Royal Flying Doctor Service.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.ucanq.com.au/mckaypatrol/history.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311193910/http://www.ucanq.com.au/mckaypatrol/history.php|archive-date=11 March 2020|access-date=12 September 2021|website=McKay Patrol}}

During World War II, Cloncurry was the location of RAAF No.23 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 14 August 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000 ($1,800,000).{{Citation|author1=Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section|title=Logistics units|publication-date=1995|publisher=AGPS Press|isbn=978-0-644-42798-2}}

The discovery of uranium at Mary Kathleen brought wealth to the community in the 1950s. Until the development of Mount Isa in the 1960s, Cloncurry was the administrative centre of the region.

The first-ever flight of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia took place from Cloncurry on 15 May 1928, using a de Havilland DH.50 aircraft hired from the then small airline, Qantas. A Royal Flying Doctor Service museum is situated in the town.

The Cloncurry Bob McDonald Library opened in 2012.{{cite web|title=Bob McDonald Library - Cloncurry Shire Council|url=http://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/bob-mcdonald-library|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204447/http://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/bob-mcdonald-library|archive-date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018|website=Cloncurry Shire Council|df=dmy-all}}{{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}}

It was announced on 11 February 2021 that Cloncurry had been chosen as the production location of the 2021 edition of Network 10's reality game show Australian Survivor.{{cite news|last=Butterworth|first=Kelly|date=11 February 2021|title=Hollywood heads to outback Queensland with Cloncurry next Australian Survivor location|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-11/australian-survivor-season-six-filmed-in-cloncurry/13143180|work=ABC News|location=|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210230840/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-11/australian-survivor-season-six-filmed-in-cloncurry/13143180|url-status=live}} The domestic location resulted from concerns regarding international travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was filmed in Cloncurry from 22 April to 8 June 2021, with the season airing on 18 July 2021.{{cite web|last=Pitman|first=Jeff|date=23 June 2021|title='AU 6: Brains v Brawn calendar'|url=https://www.truedorktimes.com/sau6/calendar.htm|access-date=1 July 2021|website=The True Dork Times|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181726/https://www.truedorktimes.com/sau6/calendar.htm|url-status=live}}

The population in Cloncurry decreased from 3,898 in 1996 to 2,900 in 2002.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Cloncurry had a population of 2,719 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30633|name=Cloncurry (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Cloncurry had a population of 3,167 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30628|name=Cloncurry (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

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

• Mount Elliott Company Metallurgical Plant and Mill, via Sheaffe Street{{cite QHR|4100|Mount Elliott Company Metallurgical Plant and Mill|602256|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• Cloncurry Courthouse, 42–48 Daintree Street{{cite QHR|15190|Cloncurry Court House|600415|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• Cloncurry Post Office, 47 Scarr Street{{cite QHR|15191|Cloncurry Post Office|600416|access-date=7 July 2013}}

Cloncurry State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep–12) school for boys and girls at Daintree Street ({{coord|-20.7042|140.5056|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Cloncurry State School P-12}}).{{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|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|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}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Cloncurry State School P–12 |url=https://cloncurryss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Cloncurry State School P–12 |language=en}} In 2015 the school had 281 students enrolled with a teaching staff of 28 FTE (Full-time equivalent) and 15 FTE (Full-time equivalent) non teaching staff. The general population in the community is highly transient with approximately 40% turnover in student enrolment in 2015. Approximately 60% of student enrolment identify as Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander.{{cite web|title=Cloncurry State School P-12 Queensland State School Reporting 2015 School Annual Report|url=http://www.cloncurryss.eq.edu.au/forms/Annual%20School%20Report.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203161911/http://www.cloncurryss.eq.edu.au/forms/Annual%20School%20Report.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2017|access-date=3 February 2017|publisher=Cloncurry State School|df=dmy-all}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 277 students with 32 teachers and 18 non-teaching staff (14 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}} It had a special education program(does not have as of 2020).

St Joseph's Catholic School is a Catholic primary and secondary (Prep–9) school for boys and girls at Sheaffe Street ({{coord|-20.7014|140.5056|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's Catholic School}}).{{cite web|title=St Joseph's Catholic School|url=https://www.sjctsv.catholic.edu.au|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=8 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208144448/https://www.sjctsv.catholic.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 156 students with 20 teachers (18 full-time equivalent) and 11 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).

Cloncurry has a public library, gallery, public swimming pool, showground, and racecourse.{{cite web|title=Cloncurry|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/cloncurry|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111014728/http://queenslandplaces.com.au/cloncurry|archive-date=11 January 2012|access-date=12 December 2011|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland|df=dmy-all}}

The Cloncurry Shire Council operates a public library in Cloncurry at Scarr Street.{{cite web|date=22 April 2014|title=Cloncurry Bob McDonald Library|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/cloncurry/cloncurry_library|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145520/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/cloncurry/cloncurry_library|archive-date=30 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|df=dmy-all}}

The Cloncurry branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association has its rooms at Charlotte Scott House in Scarr 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}} Charlotte Scott was a dedicated member of the Cloncurry QCWA who died in 1992 having spent most of her life in Cloncurry. She was well known for her dancing, especially the Charleston.{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Blythe|date=26 November 2014|title=Outback town remembers true 'lady' of the bush|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/11/24/4135047.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231221428/http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/11/24/4135047.htm|archive-date=31 December 2018|access-date=1 January 2019|website=ABC North West Queensland|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

Cloncurry Uniting Church is at 19 Meldrum Street (corner of King Street, {{Coord|-20.7090|140.5084|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Cloncurry Uniting Church}}).{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}} The church operates the McKay Patrol, an aerial service of the Uniting Church in Australia. Supported by other denominations, the McKay Patrol operates a Cessna 182Q aeroplane to provide spiritual and practical help to people living in remote areas in the north-west of Queensland and the eastern Tablelands of the Northern Territory, an area of approximately {{Convert|625,000|km2}} with a population of less than 10,000 people. The patrol also provides regular church services in the towns of Cloncurry, Julia Creek, McKinlay, and Karumba and at Adels Grove homestead.{{cite web|title=About the McKay Patrol|url=http://www.ucanq.com.au/mckaypatrol/about.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311193146/http://www.ucanq.com.au/mckaypatrol/about.php|archive-date=11 March 2020|access-date=12 September 2021|website=McKay Patrol}}{{cite web|title=About MJZ|url=http://www.ucanq.com.au/mckaypatrol/mjz.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311193959/http://www.ucanq.com.au/mckaypatrol/mjz.php|archive-date=11 March 2020|access-date=12 September 2021|website=McKay Patrol}}

Attractions in Cloncurry include:

• Flying Doctor Museum and a mineral display in the old post office.
• the annual beat the heat festive {{Cite web |title=Cloncurry Beat the Heat Festival |url=https://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/Our-Community/Events/Cloncurry-Beat-the-Heat-Festival-2025 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au |language=en-AU}}

Cloncurry has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh Trewartha: BShb) with two distinct seasons. There is a very hot, moderately humid and quite uncomfortable wet season from December to March and a warm to hot, generally rainless dry season usually extending from April to November. Until the 1990s, Cloncurry was widely regarded as holding the record for the highest temperature recorded in Australia at {{convert|127.5|°F|order=flip|abbr=on}} on 16 January 1889.{{cite journal|access-date=1 September 2023|author1=IAN CASTLES|date=November 1994|issn=0810-8633|language=en|location=CANBERRA|number=77|page=13|periodical=Year Book Australia 1995|publisher=AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS|quote=the highest temperature recorded in Australia was 53.1°C at Cloncurry (Queensland)|title=Extreme Maximum Temperatures|url=https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/6ECEC1450F9AED8FCA257AFA0011B879/$File/13010_1995_Bk77.pdf}} Investigations published in 1997 revealed that this temperature was measured in an improvised screen made from a beer crate and that it equated to {{convert|47|–|49|°C}} under standard conditions.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s1015670.htm|title=Queensland to bake on Christmas Day|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|work=AM|date=24 December 2003|access-date=17 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104034004/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s1015670.htm|archive-date=4 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}{{cite journal|last=Trewin|first=Blair|date=December 1997|title=Another look at Australia's record high temperature|journal=Australian Meteorological Magazine|volume=46|issue=4|pages=251–256|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/1997/trewin.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803095553/http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/1997/trewin.pdf|archive-date=3 August 2019|url-status=live}} The highest temperature ever recorded at Cloncurry's current weather station is {{convert|46.9|°C|°F|abbr=on}},{{cite web|title=Climate statistics for Australian locations - CLONCURRY AIRPORT|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_029141_All.shtml|publisher=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=30 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221121239/http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_029141_All.shtml|archive-date=21 February 2015|df=dmy-all}} well short of the disputed 1889 temperature record. The average annual rainfall is {{convert|506.9|mm|in|abbr=on}}, almost all of which falls In the months of December to March.{{cite web

|url = https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=29141 |title = Cloncurry Airport Climate (1978-2024) |publisher = FarmOnline Weather |access-date = July 18, 2024}}

Because of the area's extreme solar conditions, Cloncurry was expected to become Australia's first solar-powered town.[https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/town-so-hot-its-first-on-the-solar-block/2007/11/04/1194117879767.html "Town so hot it’s first on the solar block"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106080020/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/town-so-hot-its-first-on-the-solar-block/2007/11/04/1194117879767.html |date=6 November 2007 }}, Sydney Morning Herald (5 November 2007) However the planned 10MW Thermal solar plant was scrapped due to light pollution concerns{{cite news|title=Solar power scheme swapped|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/solar-power-scheme-swapped-20101117-17xcr.html|access-date=18 June 2011|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 November 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120152727/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/solar-power-scheme-swapped-20101117-17xcr.html|archive-date=20 November 2010|df=dmy-all}} and a 2.128MW flat panel photovoltaic solar farm was to be built in its place. However, the Queensland Government withdrew financial support for the solar farm in May 2012.{{cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/79341|title=Cloncurry Solar Farm closure|website=statements.qld.gov.au|access-date=19 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309212347/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/79341|archive-date=9 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

{{Weather box

|location = Cloncurry (20º40'12"S, 140º30'36"E, 186 m AMSL) (1978-2024 normals, extremes 1939-2024)

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|Jan record high C = 46.3

|Feb record high C = 44.9

|Mar record high C = 44.2

|Apr record high C = 39.9

|May record high C = 38.7

|Jun record high C = 34.9

|Jul record high C = 35.7

|Aug record high C = 37.7

|Sep record high C = 41.3

|Oct record high C = 43.5

|Nov record high C = 45.2

|Dec record high C = 46.9

|Jan high C = 37.2

|Feb high C = 36.3

|Mar high C = 35.8

|Apr high C = 33.7

|May high C = 29.3

|Jun high C = 26.3

|Jul high C = 26.3

|Aug high C = 28.8

|Sep high C = 33.1

|Oct high C = 36.5

|Nov high C = 37.9

|Dec high C = 38.8

|Jan low C = 25.2

|Feb low C = 24.3

|Mar low C = 23.0

|Apr low C = 20.1

|May low C = 15.6

|Jun low C = 11.8

|Jul low C = 10.8

|Aug low C = 12.3

|Sep low C = 16.6

|Oct low C = 20.6

|Nov low C = 23.3

|Dec low C = 25.0

|Jan record low C = 16.3

|Feb record low C = 13.4

|Mar record low C = 10.0

|Apr record low C = 7.4

|May record low C = 4.6

|Jun record low C = 1.7

|Jul record low C = 1.8

|Aug record low C = 3.3

|Sep record low C = 4.2

|Oct record low C = 8.9

|Nov record low C = 11.4

|Dec record low C = 13.8

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|Jan precipitation mm = 156.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 107.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 78.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 15.1

|May precipitation mm = 7.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 7.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 6.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 3.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 6.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 18.4

|Nov precipitation mm = 35.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 72.9

|year precipitation mm = 506.9

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 8.5

|Feb precipitation days = 6.4

|Mar precipitation days = 4.0

|Apr precipitation days = 1.4

|May precipitation days = 0.8

|Jun precipitation days = 0.7

|Jul precipitation days = 0.6

|Aug precipitation days = 0.4

|Sep precipitation days = 1.2

|Oct precipitation days = 1.9

|Nov precipitation days = 3.7

|Dec precipitation days = 5.3

|Jan afthumidity = 39

|Feb afthumidity = 40

|Mar afthumidity = 30

|Apr afthumidity = 27

|May afthumidity = 25

|Jun afthumidity = 27

|Jul afthumidity = 24

|Aug afthumidity = 20

|Sep afthumidity = 19

|Oct afthumidity = 16

|Nov afthumidity = 22

|Dec afthumidity = 27

|Jan dew point C = 16.9

|Feb dew point C = 17.3

|Mar dew point C = 13.2

|Apr dew point C = 9.6

|May dew point C = 5.5

|Jun dew point C = 4.1

|Jul dew point C = 2.1

|Aug dew point C = 1.8

|Sep dew point C = 3.5

|Oct dew point C = 3.2

|Nov dew point C = 8.5

|Dec dew point C = 12.3

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|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_029141_All.shtml

|title = Cloncurry Airport Climate Statistics (1978-2024)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 18, 2024}}

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|title = Cloncurry Aero Climate Statistics (1939-1975)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 18, 2024}}

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Cloncurry has linkages to other destinations via major coach operators such as Greyhound and Bus Queensland. A weekday service to Mount Isa is operated by Cloncurry Coaches as well as local charter services within the area for mining, school, sporting bodies and special events.

• See Cloncurry Airport

{{Adjacent stations

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|header2=Long distance rail services

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Writer Alexis Wright grew up in Cloncurry.{{cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |date=18 November 2007 |title=Aboriginal Lit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/books/review/Perlez-t.html?_r=3&8bu&emc=bu&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417095907/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/books/review/Perlez-t.html?_r=3&8bu&emc=bu&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |archive-date=17 April 2009 |access-date=30 April 2010 |work=The New York Times |df=dmy-all}}

Association footballer Kasey Wehrman was born in Cloncurry in 1977.

Politician Bob Katter was born in Cloncurry in 1945.{{cite news |last=Fitzgerald |first=Ross |date=24 August 2010 |title=Bob Katter plays hard in crusade for the bush |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/bob-katter-plays-hard-in-crusade-for-the-bush/story-fn59niix-1225909099589 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105144842/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/bob-katter-plays-hard-in-crusade-for-the-bush/story-fn59niix-1225909099589 |archive-date=5 November 2010 |access-date=14 April 2011 |work=The Australian |df=dmy-all}}

Athlete Robert Crowther was born in Cloncurry in 1987.{{cite web |title=Athlete profile for Robert Crowther |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/robert-crowther-204204#honours |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195430/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/robert-crowther-204204#honours |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=24 October 2013 |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |df=dmy-all}}

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• {{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/cloncurry|title=Cloncurry|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}

• {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-cloncurry-1983.jpg |title=Town of Cloncurry|date=1983|type=Map|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma996911964702061 Annual reports Cloncurry Hospitals Board 1951 to 1991], State Library of Queensland
• [https://map.chronicle.rip/Cloncurry_General_Cemetery Cloncurry General Cemetery deceased records and online map] at Chronicle Cemetery Map

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