Watsonville, Queensland

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Watsonville
Town
Watsonville
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Coordinates: [//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Watsonville%2C_Queensland&params=-17.37712_N_145.31307_E_type:city_region: 17°22′38″S 145°18′47″E / 17.37712°S 145.31307°E / -17.37712; 145.31307]Coordinates: [//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Watsonville%2C_Queensland&params=-17.37712_N_145.31307_E_type:city_region: 17°22′38″S 145°18′47″E / 17.37712°S 145.31307°E / -17.37712; 145.31307]
Country Australia Australia
State Queensland

Watsonville is a town in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). A the 2011 Australian Census the town recorded a population of 344.[2]

History

Watsonville is a former mining town. The town was named after Robert H. Watson, a tin prospector, who discovered a local deposit on 19 Feb 1881. The town was surveyed by William J. White on 0 March 1882.[1]

Heritage listings

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

  • 10 km north-west of Watsonville:Rocky Bluff Battery and Township[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Watsonville". Place name details. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 July 2013. 
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Watsonville (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Rocky Bluff Battery and Township (entry 16598)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-14. 


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