Black Jack, Queensland

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Black Jack
Queensland
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Black Jack, circa 1889
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Black Jack
Coordinates 20°10′08″S146°09′08″E / 20.1688°S 146.1522°E / -20.1688; 146.1522 (Black Jack (centre of locality))
Population161 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density1.272/km2 (3.294/sq mi)
Established21 March 1887;136 years ago (1887-03-21) (as Black Jack Provisional School),
6 July 1891;132 years ago (1891-07-06) (as Black Jack State School)
Abolished1949;74 years ago (1949)
Postcode(s) 4820
Area126.6 km2 (48.9 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Charters Towers Region
State electorate(s) Traeger
Federal division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Black Jack:
Basalt Southern Cross Mosman Park
Towers Hill
Campaspe Black Jack Broughton
Campaspe Seventy Mile Seventy Mile

Black Jack is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Black Jack had a population of 161 people. [1]

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It was formerly a mining town that is now abandoned.

Geography

Black Jack is a triangular-shaped locality. The Great Northern railway line forms the northern boundary of Black Jack. There are two railway stations within the locality, Wellington Yards railway station in the far north-east corner (on the outskirts of the suburban area of Charters Towers) and Southern Cross railway station on its north-west border. [3]

The Flinders Highway passes through the northern part of the locality, while the Diamantina Road forms its eastern boundary. [3]

Black Jack is approximately 350 metres (1,150 ft) above sea level rising to peaks in its south-west of 450 metres (1,480 ft). [3]

History

The Black Jack P. C. mine produced large quantities of gold in 1886 and 1887 (known as the Black Jack Boom) but then produced very little in subsequent years. [4]

Black Jack Provisional School opened on 21 March 1887. It became Black Jack State School on 6 July 1891. It closed in 1949. [5]

In the 2016 census Black Jack had a population of 161 people. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Black Jack (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Black Jack – locality in Charters Towers Region (entry 44535)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Marsland, L. W (1892), The Charters Towers gold mines : a descriptive and historical account of the town and gold field of Charters Towers, Queensland : with full and detailed particulars of the more important mines, and of all mining companies carrying on operations on the field : being a handbook of Charters Towers and a guide to mining investors, Waterlow Bros. & Layton, retrieved 24 July 2017
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0

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