| Type: | suburb |
| Basalt | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -19.7405°N 145.2538°W |
| Pop: | 215 |
| Postcode: | 4820 |
| Area: | 14006.3 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 95.6 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Location1: | Charters Towers |
| Dist2: | 142 |
| Dir2: | WSW |
| Location2: | Townsville |
| Dist3: | 1404 |
| Dir3: | NNW |
| Location3: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Charters Towers Region |
| Stategov: | Traeger |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Greenvale Valley of Lagoons |
| Near-Ne: | Paluma |
| Near-E: | Dotswood |
| Near-Se: | Breddan Southern Cross Black Jack |
| Near-S: | Homestead Campaspe |
| Near-Sw: | Pentland |
| Near-W: | Porcupine |
| Near-Nw: | Lyndhurst |
Basalt is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Basalt had a population of 215 people.
In the north and west lies the Clarke River. The Burdekin River drains the south where a confluence of waterways meet. Dalrymple National Park was established along the Burdekin in 1990. The Great Basalt Wall National Park is in the south-west of the locality in two sections.[2]
The area has road access via the Gregory Developmental Road. The Hervey Range Developmental Road enters from the east to intersect the Gregory Highway.[3]
The now-closed Greenvale railway line passed through the locality with Tulay railway station now abandoned (-19.2354°N 145.6572°W).[4]
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.
In the, Basalt had a population of 229 people.
In the, Basalt had a population of 190 people.
In the, Basalt had a population of 215 people.
There are a number of heritage sites in Basalt, including:
There are no schools in Basalt. For students living in the south-east of locality, the nearest government primary schools are Richmond Hill State School in the suburb of Richmond Hill in Charters Towers to the south-east, Charters Towers Central State School in the Charters Towers CBD to the south-east, and Homestead State School in Homestead, also to the south-east. For students in the south-east of the locality, the nearest government secondary school is Charters Towers State High School in the Charters Towers CBD.[7]
For students in the rest of the locality, there are no nearby schools. The options are distance education and boarding school.