Type: | suburb |
Elphinstone | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -21.4797°N 148.1849°W |
Pop: | 9 |
Postcode: | 4742 |
Area: | 208.8 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Lga: | Isaac Region |
Stategov: | Burdekin |
Fedgov: | Capricornia |
Near-N: | Glenden |
Near-Ne: | Hail Creek |
Near-E: | Kemmis |
Near-Se: | Kemmis |
Near-S: | Burton |
Near-Sw: | Burton |
Near-W: | Burton |
Near-Nw: | Glenden |
Elphinstone is a rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Elphinstone had a population of 9 people.
The Suttor Developmental Road passes east to west through the locality. Isaac River and its tributary Anna Creek rise in the locality flowing towards the south-west. Lake Elphinstone is a natural lake fed by Anna Creek and was the water supply for the now abandoned town of Elphinstone.[2]
The locality was named after explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple, the leader of the 1859 and 1860 overland settlement expeditions to Port Denison from Rockhampton.[1]
Elphinstone Pocket State School opened circa 1936 and closed circa 1945.
In the Elphinstone had a population of 6 people.
In the, Elphinstone had a population of 9 people.