Einasleigh, Queensland

The town is in the north of the locality at the confluence of Einasleigh River with the Copperfield River.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=13 June 2022}} The Einasleigh River has a catchment area of {{convert|24366|km2}}.{{cite web|url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-einasleigh-river/|title=Einasleigh River drainage sub-basin — facts and maps|date=|work=WetlandInfo|publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland Government|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208074718/http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-einasleigh-river/|url-status=live}} Following its confluence with the Gilbert River, they spill into a vast estuarine delta approximately {{convert|100|km}} wide{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/gilbert/gilbert.shtml|title=Flood warning system for the Gilbert River|date=|work=Bureau of Meteorology|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054255/http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/gilbert/gilbert.shtml|url-status=live}} that largely consists of tidal flats and mangrove swamps across the Gulf Country. The Einasleigh River descends {{convert|730|m}} over its {{convert|618|km|adj=on}} course.

Kidston is a ghost town within the south of the locality ({{coord|-18.8736|144.1680|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Kidston (ghost town)}}).{{cite QPN|18080|Kidston|town|access-date=27 June 2016}}

The Tablelands railway line enters the locality from the north-east (Mount Surprise) and exits to the west (Forsayth). The line passes through the town of Einasleigh which is served by the Einasleigh railway station in Railway Street ({{coord|-18.5140|144.0917|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Einasleigh railway station}}).{{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}}

Einasleigh has numerous mountains (from north to south):

• Beril Peak ({{coord|-18.3406|144.0189|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Beril Peak}}) {{convert|670|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|2360|Beril Peak|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Blackman Peak ({{coord|-18.3536|144.0223|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Blackman Peak}}) {{convert|650|m}}{{cite QPN|3057|Blackman Peak|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Fraser Peak ({{coord|-18.3557|144.0305|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Fraser Peak}}) {{convert|670|m}}{{cite QPN|13161|Fraser Peak|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• The Lighthouse ({{coord|-18.3808|144.1520|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=The Lighthouse}}) {{convert|519|m}}{{cite QPN|34010|The Lighthouse|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• The Canyon ({{coord|-18.3813|144.0319|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=The Canyon}}) {{convert|706|m}}
• Mount Alder ({{coord|-18.4228|144.1004|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Alder}}) {{convert|590|m}}{{cite QPN|257|Mount Alder|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Stockmans Hill ({{coord|-18.4950|144.0522|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Stockmans Hill}}) {{convert|570|m}}{{cite QPN|32397|Stockmans Hill|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Juliet ({{coord|-18.5005|144.1748|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Juliet}}) {{convert|630|m}}{{cite QPN|17439|Mount Juliet|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Ossa ({{coord|-18.5348|144.0229|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Ossa}}) {{convert|550|m}}{{cite QPN|25614|Mount Ossa|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Harry ({{coord|-18.5534|144.1321|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Harry}}) {{convert|498|m}}{{cite QPN|15470|Mount Harry|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Mambury ({{coord|-18.5577|144.0245|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Mambury}}) {{convert|670|m}}{{cite QPN|20749|Mount Mambury|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Blacktop ({{coord|-18.5793|144.3614|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Blacktop}}) {{convert|618|m}}{{cite QPN|3104|Mount Blacktop|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Tabletop ({{coord|-18.6078|144.3192|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Tabletop}}) {{convert|630|m}}{{cite QPN|33094|Mount Tabletop|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Misery ({{coord|-18.6092|143.9940|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Misery}}) {{convert|610|m}}{{cite QPN|22298|Mount Misery|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Borium ({{coord|-18.6843|144.0287|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Borium}}) {{convert|710|m}}{{cite QPN|3894|Mount Borium|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• The Twins ({{coord|-18.7067|144.0722|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=The Twins}}) {{convert|547|m}}{{cite QPN|34171|The Twins|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Greys Hill ({{coord|-18.7169|144.4118|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Greys Hill}}) {{convert|610|m}}{{cite QPN|14880|Greys Hill|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Iib Pinnacles ({{coord|-18.8148|144.2394|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Iib Pinnacles}}) {{convert|650|m}}{{cite QPN|16614|Iib Pinnacles|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Mount Jordan ({{coord|-18.8206|144.2773|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Jordan}}) {{convert|615|m}}{{cite QPN|17358|Mount Jordan|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Ironstone Knobs ({{coord|-18.8960|144.2591|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Ironstone Knobs}}) {{convert|656|m}}{{cite QPN|16838|Ironstone Knobs|mountain in Etheridge Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Paddys Knob ({{coord|-18.9026|144.1434|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Paddys Knob}}) {{convert|608|m}}

The indigenous people of Einasleigh were the Ewamin.{{Cite web |title=Ewamian People |url=https://www.unearthetheridge.com.au/attractions/history-culture |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=Unearth Etheridge}}{{Cite web |title=About Ewamian people |url=https://www.ewamian.com.au/about |website=Ewamian People Aboriginal Corporation |access-date=26 November 2024 |archive-date=13 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013133220/https://www.ewamian.com.au/about |url-status=live }}

The name of Einasleigh came from the river, which was named by a surveyor and pastoralists in August 1864.{{cite web |title=Queensland place names search |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/queensland-place-names-search |publisher=State of Queeensland |access-date=12 September 2024 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821004500/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/queensland-place-names-search |url-status=live }}

A police station was established in 1900 but closed in 1903.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} Questions were raised in 1906 as to why Einasleigh, with two hotels, two stores, and "hundreds of travelling public" annually had no police protection.{{cite news |date=12 August 1906 |title=Lovely Lynn |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198985707 |access-date=12 September 2024 |newspaper=Truth |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=342}} A station was opened again.{{When|date=November 2024}} The police station in Baroota Street was closed in August 2005.{{Cite web |date=5 August 2005 |title=Declaration of cessation of a police station |url=https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/3a83347d-2d7c-4110-8f3d-0f9291c9c809/resource/d937e70c-f9e5-49e2-8be8-c862c47d2ce1/download/05.08.05combined.pdf |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=Queensland Government Gazette |page=1217}} It was in Baroota Street ({{Coord|-18.51206|144.09327|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Einasleigh Police Station (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}} As at September 2024, the police station building is still extant.{{Cite Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Einasleigh+Police+Station/@-18.5120425,144.0935453,3a,75y,343.04h,70.98t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPwSm504QHAlY_z0pymEeYYwE5J7zHye0ULuGsi!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPwSm504QHAlY_z0pymEeYYwE5J7zHye0ULuGsi%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi19.01813876456481-ya343.040711688013-ro0-fo100!7i6080!8i3040!4m6!3m5!1s0x6980ad3150343b2b:0x2db54ea333fbea62!8m2!3d-18.5120485!4d144.0932876!16s%2Fg%2F11h6m93stp?entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTExOS4yIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D|access-date=26 November 2024|title=Einasleigh Police Station (closed)|SV=yes|date=September 2024}}

Einasleigh Provisional School opened on 29 October 1901. It closed in 1905, but reopened in 1906. On 1 January 1909, it became Einasleigh State School. It closed in 1955.{{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}} It was at 5–7 First Street ({{Coord|-18.5101|144.0932|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Einasleigh State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Town of Einasleigh |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-einasleigh-1973.jpg |access-date=13 June 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613085028/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-einasleigh-1973.jpg |url-status=live }}

In September 1908, housekeeper Nellie Margaret Duffy was murdered at the Carpentaria Downs pastoral station, {{convert|30|km}} south-east of Einasleigh.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107689490 |title=Queensland Station Tragedy |newspaper=The Muswellbrook Chronicle |volume=25 |issue=60 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 November 1908 |access-date=12 September 2024 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80304251 |title=The Carpentaria Downs, Tragedy |newspaper=The Northern Miner |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 November 1908 |access-date=12 September 2024 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72217431 |title=Carpentaria Downs Murder |newspaper=The Northern Star |volume=34 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 June 1909 |access-date=12 September 2024 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} There were two alleged offenders; one was later discharged and, despite confessions, the other was found not guilty.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201442935 |title=Shocking murder on station homestead remains deep mystery still |newspaper=Truth |issue=2650 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=7 January 1951 |access-date=12 September 2024 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Einasleigh Post Office opened by May 1909 (a receiving office had been open from 1900) and closed in 1993.{{Cite web |last=Premier Postal History |title=Post Office List |url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= |archive-date=15 May 2014 |access-date=10 May 2014 |publisher=Premier Postal Auctions}}

In 1930, the local butcher and another man were charged with the murder of two Chinese market gardeners, Jimmy Hop and Wing Chung.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149878222 |title=The Einasleigh Case |newspaper=The Northern Herald |volume=XLIX |issue=539 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=28 June 1930 |access-date=12 September 2024 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} The defendants were later found not guilty as the evidence was only circumstantial.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60766857 |title=Cairns Circuit Court |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |volume=LII |issue=140 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 June 1930 |access-date=12 September 2024 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}

In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the locality of Einasleigh had a population of 202 people.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC35907|name=Einasleigh (SSC)|access-date=26 June 2016|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Einasleigh had a population of 92 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30961|name=Einasleigh (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Einasleigh had a population of 87 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30952|name=Einasleigh (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

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

• Einasleigh Copper Mine and Smelter, Daintree Road{{cite QHR|325|Einasleigh Copper Mine and Smelter|602586|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• Einasleigh Hotel, Daintree Street{{cite QHR|17146|Einasleigh Hotel|602331|access-date=7 July 2013}}
• Einasleigh railway station{{cite QHR|16398|Etheridge Railway|601637|access-date=1 August 2014}} and Station Master's Residence{{cite QHR|15280|Station Master's Residence, Einasleigh (former)|600505|access-date=7 July 2013}} on the Etheridge railway line (now Tablelands railway line)
• Kidston State Battery & Township, Kidston{{cite QHR|15281|Kidston State Battery & Township|600506|access-date=18 April 2021}}

Kidston Solar Project is a solar farm located south-west of the former town of Kidston ({{coord|-18.8894|144.1425|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=solar farm}}).{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Landmark Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121195536/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}} This area has highest solar radiation zone in Australia. In the project's first phase, 540,000 solar panels have been installed and are operating on a single axis tracking system.{{Cite web |title=50MW Kidston Solar Project (KS1) |url=https://genexpower.com.au/50mw-kidston-solar-project/ |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=Genex Power}}

There are no schools in Einasleigh. The nearest government primary schools are Forsayth State School in neighbouring Forsayth to the west, Georgetown State School in neighbouring Georgetown to the north-west, and Mount Surprise State School in neighbouring Mount Surprise to the north-east. However, for students living in the south and east of the locality, these schools will be too distant for a daily commute. Also, there are no secondary schools nearby to Einasleigh. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=25 November 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

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{{commons category|Einasleigh, Queensland}}

• {{cite web|title=Einasleigh|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/einasleigh|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
• [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-einasleigh-1973.jpg Town map of Einasleigh, 1973]
• [https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-town-kidston-1978/original Town map of Kidston, 1978]

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