Glen Boughton | |||||||||||||
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 On Hamilton Road looking east, Glen Boughton, 2018 | |||||||||||||
  Glen Boughton | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates:16°56′42″S145°49′25″E / 16.945°S 145.8236°E /-16.945; 145.8236 (Glen Boughton (centre of locality)) | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 19 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.39/km2 (8.79/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4871 | ||||||||||||
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Glen Boughton is a rurallocality in theCairns Region,Queensland, Australia.[3] In the2021 census, Glen Boughton had a population of 19 people.[2]
Contrary to theQueensland Government's usual guidelines on locality boundaries, Glen Boughton is a locality entirely within another locality (East Trinity).[4]
The locality is entirelyfreehold land with approximately half of itdeveloped. The western part of the locality the land is flat (almost at sea level) and is used for farming, predominantlysugarcane. The eastern part of the locality is mountainous rising to approximately 400 metres at the eastern boundary (the Murray Prior Range);[5] it is undeveloped land.[6]
Hills Creek flows from east to west through the locality and after passing through East Trinity has its mouth at theTrinity Inlet.[6]
AlthoughCairns City is only 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) NW from Glen Boughton, the road distance between them is 35.2 kilometres (21.9 mi) viaGordonvale as there are no bridges over theTrinity Inlet.[7]
By 1887, Messrs Clayton and John Hill had established a farm called Glen Boughton Estate raising cattle on cultivated grasses and were obtaining dairy cows as Cairns was experiencing increased demand for milk and butter.[8] Their original plan was to growsugarcane but changes in legislation about the use of Kanaka workers meant they decided to switch to dairying.[9] In 1888 the Glen Boughton farm consisted of 110 acres (45 ha) of which 260 acres (110 ha) were cleared with 120 acres being let to a Chinese gardener. They were experimenting with various kinds offodder crop to see which was most productive on their land.[10][11] Clayton appears to have left the farm to the sole owernship of John Hill by 1900; John Hill and his wife Mary Jane continued the farm until both had died (1933 and 1948 respectively).[9][12]
On 11 February 1989, the locality was established and named after the Glen Boughton Estate.[3][13]
In the2016 census, Glen Boughton had a population of 28 people.[14]
In the2021 census, Glen Boughton had a population of 19 people.[2]
There are no schools in Glen Boughton. The nearest government primary schools areGordonvale State School inGordonvale to the south andYarrabah State School inYarrabah to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools areGordonvale State High School (to Year 12) inGordonvale and Yarrabah State School (to Year 10).
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