Everything about Charleville Queensland totally explained
The town of
Charleville is located in South Western
Queensland,
Australia, 758 kilometres by road west of
Brisbane (the Queensland capital). It is the largest town and administrative centre of the
Murweh Shire, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres. Charleville is situated on the banks of the
Warrego River, and is the terminus for the
Warrego Highway.
The first European exploration of the area was conducted by
Edmund Kennedy in
1847. A hotel was built in
1865, and a town began to grow to service the region. It was situated near Gowrie's Crossing, a permanent waterhole, now on the outskirts of the modern town. Gowrie Station had been established around the crossing along a natural stock route, for the grazing of sheep and cattle. The town was gazetted in 1868 with very wide streets to enable bullock teams of up to 14 pairs to turn with their wagons.. Members of the Roma based Skinner family established a store in the town in 1872 that became known as the Warrego Stores.
Cobb and Co, the legendary Australian
stagecoach company, established a coach building business in the town in
1886, however, the railway arrived in
1888, beginning the long demise of coach transport in the area. In
1902 Charleville was the location of an unsuccessful attempt by
Clement Lindley Wragge to fire cannons into the clouds in order to break a drought. The cannons used remain on display in Charleville today.
Proximity to the Warrego River is sometimes problematic. In April,
1990, major
floods hit western Queensland, with Charleville being badly affected. Floodwaters peaked at 8.54 metres, over 1,000 homes were inundated, and almost 3,000 persons evacuated.
Charleville has several tourist attractions, including a museum of the
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, a historical museum, wildlife sanctuary (including a
bilby reserve), and the Cosmos Centre.. It was also enshrined in music by
Slim Dusty in his
country music song "Charleville."
Charleville was one of the compulsory stop over/check points during the
London to
Melbourne MacRobertson Air Race in
1934. The winners of the great race were
Tom Campbell Black and
C.W.A Scott. Their triumph was reported in
Time Magazine as:
"Scott and Black, keeping up their sensational pace, flashed into Charleville, refueled, sped toward the finish where waiting thousands cheered their progress, reported over loudspeakers. With one motor dead, with only two hours sleep since leaving England, the Britons triumphantly set their scarlet torpedo down in Melbourne at 3:34 p.m. In 71 hr. 1 min. 3 sec. - Just under three days - they'd flown halfway around the world."
Flooding
The district has suffered flooding, most recently in 1990, 1997 and January 2008.
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