Westgate, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Westgate
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Westgate railway station, Queensland, 1930.jpg
| caption = Westgate railway station, 1930
| coordinates = {{coord|-26.5844|146.1902|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Westgate (town centre)}}
| pop =
| pop_year =
| pop_footnotes =
| established = 1911
| postcode = 4470
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 22.6
| dir1 = SSW
| location1 = Charleville
| dist2 = 190
| dir2 = NNE
| location2 = Cunnamulla
| dist3 = 233
| dir3 = E
| location3 = Quilpie
| dist4 = 766
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Shire of Murweh
| stategov = Warrego
| fedgov = Maranoa
| elevation = 290
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Westgate is an unoccupied town in the locality of Bakers Bend in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|37126|Westgate|town in Shire of Murweh|accessdate=14 November 2018}}{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=14 November 2018}}
Geography
The town of Westgate is to the north of the branch line to Quilpie from the Western railway line. As at November 2018, it appears to be without any buildings or structures (apart from the railway line). Although the town plan show streets, there is no visual evidence of those streets having been established.
History
The town's name is derived from the railway station name, assigned by the Queensland Railways Department on 18 November 1911, as the junction name for the line to Quilpie, from the Charleville to Cunnamulla line.
The town is first shown on a 1913 survey plan. Queensland electoral rolls show a large number of railway construction workers living in a camp in 1913, constructing the railway line.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Commonwealth electoral roll (Queensland) 1913|publication-date=2005|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-876613-95-2}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62548401|title=CHARLEVILLE NOTES.|date=7 September 1912|newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin|accessdate=15 November 2018|location=Queensland, Australia|page=11|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727060057/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62548401|url-status=live}} In 1922, the electoral roll shows a small number of railway workers living there, presumably operating and maintaining the line.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Commonwealth electoral roll (Queensland) 1922|publication-date=2006|edition=Version 1.01 with QFHSdatasearch 1.7|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-03-1}} After that, there appears to be no permanent population.
References
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External links
{{commons category|Westgate, Queensland}}
- {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-westgate-1977.jpg |title=Town map of Westgate|date=1977|publisher=Queensland Government}}
{{Shire of Murweh}}
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