Herberton, Queensland

Herberton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is situated {{convert|918|m}} high on the Great Dividing Range south-west of Atherton. Vegetation ranges from tropical rainforest to the east, wet sclerophyll forests to the north and east and open sclerophyll forests and woodlands to the north and west.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The Atherton–Herberton Road enters from the north, and Longlands Gap–Herberton Road exits to the south.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Herberton+QLD+4887/@-17.3898625,145.342468,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x69820ec1a98e687d:0x400eef17f2071b0!8m2!3d-17.3798352!4d145.3842722!16zL20vMDZ5NzNz?entry=tts |title=Herberton, Queensland |access-date=27 July 2023}}

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The first European exploration of this area, part of the traditional land of the Dyirbal, was undertaken in 1875 by James Venture Mulligan. Mulligan was prospecting for gold, but instead found tin. The town of Herberton was established on 19 April 1880 by John Newell to exploit the tin find, and mining began on 9 May 1880. By September 1880, Herberton had a population of 300 men and 27 women. Herberton Post Office opened on 22 November 1880.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | url-status = live }}

The town's name is attributed to John Newell. It is believed he named it after the Herbert River whose northern tributary (Wild River) flows through Herberton and/or after Robert George Wyndham Herbert, the first Premier of Queensland (after whom the Herbert River is named).

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In July 1881, the residents of Herberton had raised £115 for the construction of a school. Herberton Provisional School opened on 12 December 1881 with 35 students in the Herberton Hall; the fee was one shilling per week for the first child of a family with an additional sixpence a week for each additional child.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175543334|title=HERBERTON.|date=28 December 1881|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=2,890|location=Queensland, Australia|page=5|via=National Library of Australia}} In October 1882 the Queensland Government reserved five acres and two roods for a state school and called for tenders to erect a state school and teacher's residence.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3408045|title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.|date=7 October 1882|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=7,719|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVII|page=6|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3407006|title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.|date=21 October 1882|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=7,731|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVII|page=3|via=National Library of Australia}} In November 1882 the contract for the buildings was awarded to James Pasley to construct the buildings using hardwood in nine months for £2,040.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3404202|title=The Brisbane Courier.|date=11 November 1882|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=7,749|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVII|page=5|via=National Library of Australia}} In April 1883 the Queensland Government officially announced that there would be a new state school in Herberton.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174691656|title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.|date=21 April 1883|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=3,283|location=Queensland, Australia|page=5|via=National Library of Australia}} The actual opening date of the new state school is unclear but Thomas Peter Wood was appointed headmaster of Herberton State School from 1 January 1884, so the school was operational at that time.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3425932|title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.|date=12 January 1884|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=8,114|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVIII|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206082225/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3425932|url-status=live}} In 1912 the school was one of the first five schools in Queensland to receive a secondary department, commencing operations on 15 February 1912 with the arrival of the teacher Miss Ramsay B.A. who would teach two languages, English history, mathematics, and science.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39919885|title=HERBERTON HIGH SCHOOL.|date=24 February 1912|newspaper=Cairns Post|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=1243|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXVI|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005101814/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39919885|url-status=live}} In 1994, a new primary school campus was established with the secondary department remaining on the original school site.{{Cite web|url=https://herbertonss.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/History/Pages/History.aspx|title=History|date=2013-07-22|website=Herberton State School|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324141304/https://herbertonss.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/History/Pages/History.aspx|archive-date=24 March 2019|access-date=2019-11-29}}

In January 1882, the Queensland Government called for tenders to construct a telegraph line to Herberton.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3402322|title=Official Notifications.|date=21 January 1882|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=7,497|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVI|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005101814/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3402322|url-status=live}} In March 1882 they called for tenders for a post and telegraph office.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3403917|title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.|date=18 March 1882|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=30 November 2019|issue=7,545|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXVI|page=5|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005101815/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3403917|url-status=live}}

The Herberton parish of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns) was established in 1884. On Sunday 17 March 1889 the Bishop of Cooktown John Hutchinson blessed and opened St Patrick's Catholic church in Herberton.{{cite news|date=23 March 1889|title=[QUEENSLAND NEWS.]|volume=XXXV |page=576|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=703|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19812494|access-date=26 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005101813/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19812494|url-status=live}}

Herberton Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1891, opening on 15 November 1891. In 1977 following the amalgamation of many Presbyterian churches into Uniting Church in Australia, it became the Herberton Uniting Church.{{cite QHR|16525|Herberton Uniting Church|601788|accessdate=1 August 2014}} On Friday 25 November 2022, the church was destroyed in a fire.{{Cite news |last=Ruddick |first=Baz |date=2022-11-25 |title=Heritage-listed church razed by fire in Far North Queensland |language=en-AU |publisher=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-25/heritage-church-herberton-destroyed-fire/101699948 |access-date=2022-11-27 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125152020/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-25/heritage-church-herberton-destroyed-fire/101699948 |url-status=live }}

In the late 19th century, the Mulligan Highway was carved through the hills from Herberton and passed through what is now Main Street, Atherton, before continuing down to Port Douglas. This road was used by the coaches of Cobb and Co to access Western Queensland.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The tin mining in Herberton motivated the Queensland Government to build a railway line to connect Herberton to a coastal port. Three ports were considered: Port Douglas, Cairns and Geraldton (now Innisfail), all involving a crossing of the Great Dividing Range. The route from Innisfail was shortest but would go through the roughest terrain crossing the Great Dividing Range. The route from Port Douglas was the easiest to build but it would be longest. Eventually Cairns was chosen as it had the best port (and the unstable geology of the proposed Barron Gorge route was not known at that time) and the first section of the Tablelands railway from Cairns to Redlynch at the base of the range was opened on 8 October 1887. However, the railway to Herberton was not completed until 20 October 1910 by which time the tin mining boom was over.{{cite book|last=Kerr|first=John|title=Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways|date=1990|publisher=Boolarong Publications|isbn=978-0-86439-102-5|pages=52, 224}} The Tablelands railway continued from Herberton to Tumoulin opening on 31 July 1911 and then to Ravenshoe opening on 11 December 1916.{{Cite web|date=27 August 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}}{{cite book|last=Kerr|first=John|title=Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways|date=1990|publisher=Boolarong Publications|isbn=978-0-86439-102-5|page=225}}

St Mary's Anglican School for girls was opened in 1918 by the Sisters of the Sacred Advent.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40277984|title=ST. MARY'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND.|date=15 February 1918|newspaper=Cairns Post|access-date=20 November 2019|issue=2981|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXI|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005101815/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40277984|url-status=live}} The school closed in 1965.

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Mount St Bernard College was established on 1 February 1921 by the Sisters of Mercy.

The Herberton branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association opened in 1925. In 1949 the branch acquired a building in William Street and named it the Janet Newell C.W.A. Memorial Hall to commemorate the late Janet Newell, a long-serving branch president. Janet Newell was the wife of John Newell and the daughter of William Jack, the founders of Herberton and of the chain of Jack & Newell stores, the first of which was the Jack & Newell General Store in Herberton.{{cite QHR|15314|Jack & Newell General Store & Petrol Bowser (former)|600539|accessdate=1 August 2014}} The C.W.A. hall was officially opened by two of Janet Newell's sons.{{Cite web|title=Janet Newell|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/community/display/103523-janet-newell-|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-19|website=Monument Australia|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019221529/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/community/display/103523-janet-newell-}}

Tin mining ceased in Herberton in 1985.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The railway line from Atherton to Ravenshoe was closed in 1988 due to the World Heritage Listing of Queensland's Wet Tropics. However, the section between Herberton and Tumoulin can still be used and the Ravenshoe Steam Railway operate heritage steam train tours along the route.{{Cite web|title=Ravenshoe Steam Railway|url=https://ravenshoesteamrailway.webs.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005100212/https://ravenshoesteamrailway.webs.com/|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=2020-10-05}}

The Herberton Public Library opened in 1995 with a major refurbishment in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Queensland Public Library Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|url-status=live|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|access-date=15 January 2018}}

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In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Herberton had a population of 974 people.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL326800|name=Herberton (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=24 May 2011|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Herberton had a population of 934 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30748|name=Herberton (SSC)|access-date=7 June 2016|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Herberton had a population of 855 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31333|name=Herberton (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Herberton had a population of 895 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31321|name=Herberton (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

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

• Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 38 Broadway Street{{cite QHR|15313|Holy Trinity Anglican Church|600538|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• Jack & Newell General Store, Grace Street{{cite QHR|15314|Jack & Newell General Store & Petrol Bowser (former)|600539|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• Herberton School of Arts, 61 Grace Street ({{coord|-17.3843|145.3856|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Herberton School of Arts}}){{cite QHR|15315|Herberton School of Arts|600540|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• Great Northern Mine, off Jacks Road{{cite QHR|15317|Great Northern Mine (Herberton)|600542|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• Herberton Uniting Church, 2–4 Lillian Street{{cite QHR|16525|Herberton Uniting Church|601788|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• Herberton War Memorial, Myers Street{{cite QHR|15316|Herberton War Memorial|600541|access-date=14 July 2013}}

Herberton is notably drier than the area around Atherton with average rainfall for Herberton of {{convert|1154.6|mm|abbr=on}}. Herberton is the most northerly location in Australia to have recorded a temperature at or below {{convert|-5|C}}, and also the only location in Tropical North Queensland to have done so. The average minimum temperature ranges from {{convert|10|C}} in winter to {{convert|18|C}} in summer, while maximums range from {{convert|21|to|29|C}}.

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|Jul record high C = 28.3

|Aug record high C = 31.7

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|Jul rain mm = 22.3

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|Oct rain mm = 26.5

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|Dec rain mm = 138.5

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|Mar rain days = 16.4

|Apr rain days = 13.7

|May rain days = 11.9

|Jun rain days = 8.6

|Jul rain days = 7.0

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|Sep rain days = 4.7

|Oct rain days = 5.1

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Several crops are grown around Herberton, and it is the location of Queensland's only tropical vineyard. Herberton is a mini salad bowl with crops including avocados, lettuce, tomatoes, maize and pumpkins. Poultry and beef industries are also present.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Herberton's public hospital and the private school, Mt Saint Bernard residential college, are other major employers in the town.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

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The Herberton Mining Museum and Visitor Information Centre opened in 2005, houses mining and social history of the Herberton Mining field, archives for the local area and maintains a genealogy project recording the families of the district and their histories.{{cite web|url=http://herberton.qld.au/miningmuseum|title=Mining Museum – Herberton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125044235/http://herberton.qld.au/miningmuseum|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=7 June 2016}}

A Heritage Walk for tourists that takes in some of the old buildings and historical features of the town is a popular attraction. Historic Village Herberton is a 16-acre representation of a mining town filled with streets of buildings of the time, each one a museum in its own right with exhibits such as vintage machinery, cars and Australian antiques. It has more than 50 restored period buildings.{{cite web|title=Historic Village, Herberton|url=http://www.herbertonhistoricvillage.com.au|publisher=Herberton Historic Village|access-date=2 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925125826/http://www.herbertonhistoricvillage.com.au/|archive-date=25 September 2013}}

The Herberton Spy & Camera Museum houses antique spy cameras, a photographic gallery and photographic memorabilia with guided tours through the museum and a working photographer and photographic studio.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Most recently, a railway museum has been established by volunteers in the former Herberton railway station building. This is operated by volunteers and only open part-time.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The Tepon Equestrian Grounds{{cite web|url=http://www.teponequestrianclub.com.au|title=Tepon Equestrian Park|access-date=7 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313151708/http://teponequestrianclub.com.au/|archive-date=13 March 2016}} just out of Herberton have recently been upgraded with a large undercover pavilion for equestrian and other sporting events such as cycling and mountain biking. Local markets are held on the 3rd Sunday of every month at the Wondecla Oval.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

There are several caravan parks, hotels, motels and B&Bs located in the town.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Atherton Herberton Historic Railway

The Atherton-Herberton Historic Railway Inc. (AHHR) is dedicated to the preservation and display of local railway memorabilia including the operation of a first-class Tourist and Historic rail journey. The AHHR is in the historic town of Herberton, the oldest town on the Atherton Tablelands and is situated amongst many other tourist attractions.

AHHR has several attractions providing tourists and visitors from across the world with a rail journey on their unique Tinlander train which links Herberton to the multi award-winning outdoor museum, the Historic Village Herberton. Visitors are also taken back in time through a static museum and can view a multi-year restoration project where a 1905 built steam locomotive and 1910 timber railway carriage restoration are underway. This train attraction will be fully operational in 2021.

The main business location consists of the original Herberton Railway Station, rebuilt after a fire in 1936 and provides an outlook over the existing railway lines, restored steam trains and carriages. In addition, several restoration sheds are used to repair trains and carriages to give them a new lease on life and provide additional displays for the museum.

The organisation has commenced restoration to a very high standard of 3 kilometres of previously Queensland Rail maintained railway track back to an operational condition between Herberton Station and Historic Village Herberton. In addition, 2.5 kilometres of railway track from Platypus Park Station Atherton has been restored with ongoing vegetation and drainage work revitalising and maintaining the track towards Wongabel.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

The Tablelands Regional Council operates a Herberton Public Library and Customer Service Centre at 61 Grace Street (the Herberton School of Arts, {{Coord|-17.3842|145.3858|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Herberton Public Library}}).{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/tablelands/herberton_library|title=Herberton Public Library|website=Public Libraries Connect|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184740/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/tablelands/herberton_library|archive-date=15 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=15 January 2018}}

The Herberton branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the Janet Newell C.W.A. Memorial Hall at 14 William Street ({{Coord|-17.3827|145.3861|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Janet Newell C.W.A. Memorial Hall}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=dead}}

St Patrick's Catholic Church is at 2 Moffatt Street West (corner of Broadway Street, {{Coord|-17.3794|145.3840|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Patrick's Catholic Church}}). It is within the Herberton Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns which is administered from the Atherton Parish.{{Cite web|title=Herberton Parish|url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/herberton.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118135941/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/herberton.html|archive-date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020|website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns}}

Herberton Uniting Church is at 2–4 Lillian Street ({{Coord|-17.3821|145.3860|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Herberton 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}}{{Cite web|title=Herberton Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3783-herberton-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-19|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019212724/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/3783-herberton-uniting-church}} It is part of the North Queensland Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.{{Cite web|date=March 2019|title=Queensland congregations and faith communities|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Congregation-Fellowships-Index-Map.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2021|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020074400/https://ucaqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Congregation-Fellowships-Index-Map.pdf}}

Herberton State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep–10) school for boys and girls at Elwyn Phillips Memorial Drive in Moomin ({{coord|-17.3723|145.3790|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Herberton State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.herbertonss.eq.edu.au|title=Herberton State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318103708/https://herbertonss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 176 students with 20 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}} It includes a special education program. The new primary school campus constructed in 1994 is not within Herberton but within the neighbouring locality of Moomin. However, the secondary (7–10) campus remains at the original school site in Grace Street, Herberton ({{coord|-17.3805|145.3825|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Herberton State School – Secondary Campus}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.herbertonss.eq.edu.au|title=Herberton State School – Secondary Campus|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318103708/https://herbertonss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}}

Mount St Bernard College is a Catholic secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 15 Broadway Street ({{coord|-17.3793|145.3826|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount St Bernard College}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.msb.qld.edu.au|title=Mount St Bernard College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123235618/http://www.msb.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 191 students with 34 teachers (32 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (26 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}}

For government secondary education to Year 12, the nearest school is Atherton State High School in Atherton to the north-east.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=6 December 2020}}

Notable people associated with Herberton include:

• Bunny Adair, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook who attended Herberton State School.{{cite web |title=ADAIR, MR HERBERT ARTHUR (BUNNY) |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=135 |accessdate=2 February 2014 |work=Re-Member Database |publisher=Queensland Parliament |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114141/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=135 |url-status=live }}
• Alice Bonar, founder of the Australian Red Cross in Herberton, now the oldest continuously operating branch in Australia. In 1914 reconvened the branch as a member of the Australian Red Cross. Eldest son David Welbourn Bonar a tunneller at Hill 60 and daughter May was a nurse in World War I.{{cite book|title=2001 Australian Red Cross|pages=16}}{{Cite journal |journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Culture |volume=11 |pages=107–124 |last=Wills |first=Joanna |title=Treasures from the Tablelands: communities, collaboration and collections |url=https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/~/media/Documents/QM/About+Us/Publications/Memoirs+-+Culture/C11/MQM11_8_treasures-Wills-digital+version.pdf |publisher=Queensland Museum |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826060229/https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/~/media/Documents/QM/About+Us/Publications/Memoirs+-+Culture/C11/MQM11_8_treasures-Wills-digital+version.pdf |url-status=live }}
• Nancy Francis (1873–1954), journalist and poet known as 'Black Bonnet'. Wrote extensively on life in the Daintree area including recording indigenous culture. Wrote poetry published in North Queensland papers and The Bulletin.{{Cite web |title=Nancy Francis |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7011 |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=University of Queensland |language=en |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925203147/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7011 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |author1=Taylor |first=Cheryl |title=Tropical flowers: romancing North Queensland in early female fiction and poetry |url=https://journals.jcu.edu.au/linq/article/download/3215/3168 |journal=LINQ. Literature in North Queensland |volume=36 |pages=143–146 |publication-date=2009 |publisher=James Cook University |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317080420/https://journals.jcu.edu.au/linq/article/download/3215/3168 |url-status=live }}
• James Douglas Henry, mining engineer, served in 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen contingent. Member of the Mining Corps then Commanding Officer of 1st Australian Tunnellers involved in Hill 60. Retired to Tepon near Herberton and ARP warden for Wondecla area in World War II.{{cite web|url=http://www.tunnellers.net/profiles___photos/henry_james_douglas_major.doc|title=MAJOR JAMES DOUGLAS HENRY D.S.O. O.B.E.|website=Tunnellers Research Website|access-date=14 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514053107/http://www.tunnellers.net/profiles___photos/henry_james_douglas_major.doc|archive-date=14 May 2018}}
• John Ledlie, one of the founders of North Queensland firm Armstrong, Ledlie and Stillman. Brought the first electric street lights outside his Herberton store. Shire Chairman of Herberton Shire Council, member of Cairns Harbour Board and Cairns Regional Electricity Board. Teamed with Robert Ringrose to establish Herberton State High School in 1912.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
• John Newell, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Woothakata, Chairman of Herberton Shire Council, Mayor of Herberton Municipality. One of the discoverers of payable tin and the establishment of Herberton Gold and Mineral Field. Founding member of the Tinaroo Division Board.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
• Robert Ringrose, barrister, geologist, naturalist, fellow of Royal Geographical Society of Queensland who established the conservation area now known as Mount Hypipamee National Park. Worked to establish the Charters Towers School of Mines and one of the first 12 state high schools in Herberton in 1912.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
• Tom Risley, artist and sculptor. Trained as an electrician then worked in rainforest ecology in CSIRO. His work is held in New York Museum of Modern Art, gallery in Japan, pieces in National Gallery of Australia and Queensland Art Gallery, private collections and one of his largest sculptures is situated in the Gordon Gardens in the Herberton Mining Museum & Visitor Information Centre.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
• Dallas Johnson played his junior rugby league for the Magpies, the local rugby league team the town has, and Atherton Roosters. He went on to play for NRL clubs such as Melbourne Storm, NQL Cowboys and represented QLD and Australia.

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• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/herberton|title=Herberton|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
• [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-herberton-1980.jpg Town map of Herberton, 1980]
• [http://www.herbertonhistoricvillage.com.au Herberton Historic Village]
• [http://www.athrail.com/ Atherton Herberton Historic Railway]

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