Dotswood, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Dotswood
State:qld
Coordinates:-19.5602°N 146.2202°W
Pop:83
Postcode:4820
Area:3370.6
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:24
Dir1:NE
Location1:Charters Towers
Dist2:116
Dir2:SW
Location2:Townsville
Dist3:1329
Dir3:NW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Charters Towers Region
Stategov:Traeger
Fedgov:Kennedy
Near-N:Paluma
Near-Ne:Hervey Range
Near-E:Granite Vale
Near-Se:Mingela
Near-S:Ravenswood
Near-Sw:Breddan
Near-W:Basalt
Near-Nw:Basalt

Dotswood is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Dotswood had a population of 83 people.

Geography

The neighbourhood of Macrossan is located in the west of the locality beside the bridge over the Burdekin River.

The Great Northern Railway passes through the locality. There are a number of abandoned railway stations on that line within the locality:

Another abandoned station is Keelbottom railway station (-19.4427°N 146.3168°W) on the now-closed Greenvale railway line.

The Hervey Range Developmental Road runs through from east to west.[3]

History

In 1863 Phillip Somer and Matthew Hervey were granted the license to occupy the 42sqmi and 25sqmi of the Keelbottom and Watershed Pastoral Runs respectively, by the Crown Lands Office in Brisbane.[4] [5] By late 1865 these men had transferred their holdings of the Emysland, Dotswood, Nursiedob, Keelbottom, Watershed, and Tala (or Tula).runs to the Bank of New South Wales. These properties lay on one or both sides of Keelbottom Creek.[6] Eventually Dotswood Station comprised the runs of Arthurs Peak, Back Plains, Hardwick, Pall Mall, Poon Boon, Redyke (or Red Dyke), Smiths Brook and Yallock Vale, as well as those already mentioned.[7] [8]

The neighbourhood of Macrossan takes its name from the Macrossan railway station, which in turn is named after the politician John Murtagh Macrossan.[9]

This locality was within the Star River Mineral Field, which was discovered in 1865.[10] The following year John Macrossan passed through the area.[11] The Ravenswood Gold Field, discovered in 1868, eventually extended north into the Star River Mineral Field.[12] [13] From 1881 silver-lead deposits in the Ravenswood mining district, the most promising at Argentine, were being mined in what was called a silver mania.[14] [15] However this ended suddenly in 1883, after the failure of a locally capitalized smelting works and low returns.[16] [17]

In late 1872 1100lk=onNaNlk=on on Keelbottom Creek, Kennedy district were reserved for the town reserve of Boolangalla.[18]

In the town of Argentine, 67 town lots, at £16 per acre, and 3 mineral selections, were offered for sale by the Crown Lands Office in October 1882. By the next year the town consisted of several public houses, one butcher's shop, a baker's shop, three stores and two gardens.[19] [20] [21] In December 1888 the name of the Star River Post Office was changed to Argentine Post Office.[22]

Demographics

In the Dotswood had a population of 101 people.

In the, Dotswood had a population of 83 people.

Heritage listings

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

Burdekin River Rail Bridge[24]

Attractions

Surgeons Lookout is a tourist attraction (-19.6864°N 146.5387°W).[25]

Amenities

Macrossan Park is a free campground overlooking the Burdekin River, situated between the rail and road bridges .[26]

Industry

Most of this location is part of the Department of Defence's Townsville Field Training Area.[27]

Notes and References

  1. 27 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 2 October 2020. Railway stations and sidings - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  3. Dotswood . Open Street Map . 2022 . 4 February 2023.
  4. News: 5 May 1863 . Classified Advertising . XVII . 4 . . 1630 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: 21 November 1863 . Classified Advertising . XVIII . 4 . . 1802 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: 12 October 1865 . Classified Advertising . XX . 5 . . 2,404 . Queensland, Australia . 7 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  7. Web site: The State of Queensland . Housing and Digital Economy . Queensland Government . Alphabetical register of Pastoral Holdings 1863-1880 . 2023-02-06 . www.data.qld.gov.au . Property Nme - Dotswood . en-AU.
  8. Bell . Peter . August 1996 . Townsville Field Training Area: Conservation Management Plan for European Cultural Heritage . Report to Department of Defence . 14.
  9. 4 January 2020.
  10. News: 4 November 1865 . TELEGRAPHIC. . XX . 5 . . 2,424 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: 8 April 1891 . The Late Hon. John Murtagh Macrossan, M.L.A. . VIII . 2 . . 613 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: 6 February 1869 . THE NEW GOLD FIELD. . XXIII . 5 . . 3,540 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  13. Web site: Sketch map of goldfields in the vicinity of Charters Towers [cartographic material] : Charters Towers, Ravenswood, Windsor, Carrington, Strathalbyn, Piccadilly, and part of Star River Mineral Field ]. 2023-02-06 . Trove . en.
  14. News: 13 September 1881 . Telegraphic News. . XVI . 2 . . 492 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  15. News: 24 September 1881 . Townsville. . XXXVI . 6 . . 7,396 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  16. Book: Bolton, G. C. . A Thousand Miles Away : A HISTORY OF NORTH QUEENSLAND TO 1920 . AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PRESS . 1970 . 0 7081 0048 1 . 2nd . Sydney . 113 . en.
  17. Bell . Peter . August 1996 . Townsville Field Training Area: Conservation Management Plan for European Cultural Heritage . Report to Department of Defence . 58–64.
  18. News: 4 November 1872 . OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS. . XXVII . 3 . . 4,710 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  19. News: 21 October 1882 . Current News. . XXII . 533 . . 369 . Queensland, Australia . 8 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  20. News: 21 October 1882 . Classified Advertising . XXII . 562 . . 369 . Queensland, Australia . 8 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  21. News: 7 June 1883 . Mining News. . XVIII . 2 . . 749 . Queensland, Australia . 8 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  22. News: 12 December 1888 . Monthly Postal Guide. . 2 . . 5,045 . Queensland, Australia . 6 February 2023 . National Library of Australia.
  23. 4/05/243/0032. 15 May 2019.
  24. 7 July 2013.
  25. Web site: 18 November 2020. Tourist points - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124222328/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2. 24 November 2020. 24 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  26. Web site: Macrossan Park . 2023-02-06 . www.visitcharterstowers.com.au . en-gb.
  27. Bell . Peter . 1996 . Townsville Field Training Area: Conservation Management Plan for European Cultural Heritage . Report to Department of Defence . 3, 7.

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