| Type: | town |
| Thornborough | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -16.9425°N 145.0083°W |
| Pop: | 21 |
| Postcode: | 4871 |
| Area: | 415.4 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Lga: | Shire of Mareeba |
Thornborough is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Thornborough had a population of 21 people.
It rose to prominence in the 1870s as a gold mining town in the Hodgkinson Minerals Area. Today, there are very few buildings remaining in the town.
The town of Kingsborough, another former mining town, is located to the north-east of the town of Thornborough.
Thornborough was named in 1876 after George Henry Thorn, the then Queensland Premier.[3]
By May 1877, the streets were laid out and named after pioneers of north Queensland, such as James Venture Mulligan and William (Billy) McLeod and Muirson.[4]
Thornborough Provisional School opened circa 1878. In 1909 it became Thornborough State School. It operated as a half-time school in conjunction with Dimbulah School (meaning the schools shared a single teacher) in 1918 and then closed. It reopened in 1920 and closed on 1925.
Wolfram Camp Provisional School opened in 1905. On 1 January 1909 it became Wolfram Camp State School and was renamed that year to be Wolfram State School. It closed in 1930, reopened in 1938 and then closed finally circa 1940.
In the, the locality of Thornborough had a population of 9 people.
In the, the locality of Thornborough had a population of 21 people.
Thorborough has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: