Type: | suburb |
Abingdon Downs | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -17.813°N 143.47°W |
Pop: | 17 |
Postcode: | 4871 |
Area: | 5052.3 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Lga: | Shire of Etheridge |
Stategov: | Traeger |
Fedgov: | Kennedy |
Near-N: | Red River |
Near-Ne: | Bulleringa |
Near-E: | Amber Fossilbrook |
Near-Se: | Mount Surprise Talaroo |
Near-S: | Georgetown |
Near-Sw: | Georgetown |
Near-W: | Strathmore |
Near-Nw: | Strathmore |
Abingdon Downs is a rural locality in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Abingdon Downs had a population of 17 people.
The Einasleigh River flows through the locality from south-east to west. Its tributary, the Etheridge River, flows through the locality from south to west with their confluence in the west of the locality.
The locality takes its name from the Abingdon Downs cattle station which, being approximately 445000ha, occupies much of the locality. Its homestead is located in the west of the locality (-17.6044°N 143.1807°W) with the Abingdon Downs Airport immediately to the south. As at 2016, the station was carrying 16,000 Brahman cattle.[2]
In the, Abingdon Downs had "no people or a very low population".
In the, Abingdon Downs had a population of 17 people.