Charleville () is a rural town and

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Shire of Murweh The Shire of Murweh is a local government area in the Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville. In June 2018, the Shire of Murweh had a populati ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Charleville had a population of 3,335 people.

Geography

Located in southwestern

, Australia, Charleville is west of

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

(the Queensland capital), 616 kilometres (384 mi) west of

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, 535 kilometres (333 mi) west of Dalby, 393 kilometres (244 mi) west of

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and 254 kilometres (158 mi) west of

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council * Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...

. It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Shire of Murweh, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres. Charleville is situated on the banks of the

Warrego River The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Warrego River is the nor ...

. Charleville is the terminus for the Warrego Highway which stretches 683 kilometres (424 mi) from

. The

Mitchell Highway Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the central and south western regions of Queensland and the northern and central western regions of New South Wales in Australia. The southern part of the Mitchell Highway forms part ...

also connects Charleville with: *

Augathella Augathella is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. Geography Augathella lies on the Matilda Highway, is north of the town of Charleville, west of Roma and west of Brisbane (Queensland's capital). Th ...

- 84 kilometres (53 mi) north *

Wyandra Wyandra is a town and a locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wyandra had a population of 99 people. Geography The Warrego River flows from north to south through the locality. The Mitchell Highway also passes from n ...

- 124 kilometres (77 mi) south *

Cunnamulla Cunnamulla () is a town and a locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the , Cunnamulla had a population of 1,140 people. Geography Cunnamul ...

- 198 kilometres (123 mi) south * Bourke - 454 kilometres (282 mi) south *

Dubbo Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021. The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Go ...

- 825 kilometres (512 mi) south *

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mounta ...

- 1212 kilometres (753 mi) south-east via

Great Western Highway Great Western Highway (also known as Broadway from to , Parramatta Road from Chippendale to , and Church Street through Parramatta) is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurs ...

History

''Bidjara'' (also known as ''Bidyara, Pitjara,'' and ''Peechara)'' is an

Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

spoken by the Bidjara people. The Bidjara language region includes the local government areas of the

, particularly the towns of Charleville,

and Blackall as well as the properties of Nive Downs and Mount Tabor. '' Gungabula'' (also known as ''Kongabula'' and ''Khungabula'') is an

of the headwaters of the Dawson River in Central Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of

Maranoa Region Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, Australia. The town of Roma is the administrative headquarters of the region. History The Gunggari language region of South West Queensland includes the landscape within the ...

, particularly the towns of Charleville,

and Blackall and as well as the Carnarvon Range. The first European exploration of the area, which was Kunja tribal land, was conducted by Edmund Kennedy in 1847. Gowrie Station had been established around the Gowrie Crossing, a ford across the Warrego River () along a natural stock route, for the grazing of sheep and cattle. The town was gazetted on 11 January 1865. It was situated near Gowrie's Crossing, a permanent waterhole, now on the outskirts of the modern town. It was planned with very wide streets to enable bullock teams of up to 14 pairs to turn with their wagons. It was

William Alcock Tully William Alcock Tully (14 March 1830 – 26 April 1905) was a Surveyor General of Queensland, (then a colony, now a state of Australia). Early life Tully was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of William Tully, a captain in the Royal Navy, and h ...

, who was Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Warrego District from 1863 to 1864 and would later serve as

Surveyor General of Queensland Surveyor General of Queensland is a position originally created for the colony of Queensland, now a state of Australia. The position was the most senior surveyor within the Queensland Public Service. List of Surveyors General of Queensland S ...

from 1875 to 1889, who laid out the town's streets. An Irishman, Tully probably named the town after the town of

Charleville, County Cork Charleville ( ga, Ráth Luirc or ''An Ráth'') is a town in north County Cork, Ireland. It lies in the Golden Vale, on a tributary of the River Maigue, near the border with County Limerick. Charleville is on the N20 road and is the second-large ...

, Ireland. A hotel was built in 1865. Charleville Post Office opened on 1 August 1865 and a town began to grow to service the region. Members of the Roma-based Skinner family established a store in the town in 1872 that became known as the Warrego Stores. In September 1875, the

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended f ...

called for tenders to erect a courthouse in Charleville. The foundation stone (actually a bloodwood block) was laid on 23 November 1875. By January 1876, the courthouse was almost finished. In December 1884, the Queensland Government called for tenders to erect a hospital in Charleville. In March 1885 the contract was awarded to Richards and King for £2,265 10s. In November 1885, a hospital ball was held in the new hospital building, suggesting it was completed and opened around that time.

Cobb and Co Cobb & Co was the name used by many successful sometimes quite independent Australian coaching businesses. The first was established in 1853 by American Freeman Cobb and his partners. The name Cobb & Co grew to great prominence in the late 19th ...

, the legendary Australian

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company, established a coach building business in the town in 1886. however, the railway arrived in 1888, beginning the long demise of coach transport in the area. Charleville railway station opened on 1 March 1888 and was the terminus for the Western railway line until the line was extended south to Cunnamulla in 1898. Facilities included a locomotive depot, cattle and sheep yards, a 50-ton

weighbridge A truck scale (US), weighbridge (non-US) or railroad scale is a large set of scales, usually mounted permanently on a concrete foundation, that is used to weigh entire rail or road vehicles and their contents. By weighing the vehicle both e ...

, a booking and telegraph offices, goods shed, stationmaster's house, and guards, enginemen and firemen's cottages. Apart from the railway station in Charleville, there were also two now-abandoned railway sidings: * Dalgety's Siding railway siding () * Glenroy Scour Siding () Charleville railway station is a railway station used by Queensland Rail and passenger stop for Greyhound Australia. In July 1886 the Anglican residents of the town decided to erect a church. All Saint's Anglican Church was opened on by Rev. B. R. Wilson on 20 November 1887. It was designed by diocesan architect John Hingestone Buckeridge and built by Mr Wood. It was dedicated in 1897. The foundation stone for the present church was laid in September 1957 by

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Reginald Halse. The new church was dedicated in 1958 and consecrated in 1967. In 1902 Charleville was the location of an unsuccessful attempt by

Clement Lindley Wragge Clement Lindley Wragge (18 September 185210 December 1922) was a meteorologist born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, but moved to Oakamoor, Staffordshire as a child. He set up the Wragge Museum in Stafford following a trip around the wo ...

to fire cannons into the clouds in order to break a drought. The cannons used remain on display in Charleville today. St Mary's Catholic Primary School was opened on 26 January 1913 by the

Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute had about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They a ...

StateLibQld 1 198719 Aerial view of Charleville, 1947

In 1922,

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founde ...

established an airmail service between Charleville and Cloncurry. At the same time, this was Qantas's first regularly scheduled route and the second scheduled air route in Australia. On 9 October 1924, the Charleville War Memorial was unveiled by Sir Matthew Nathan, the

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor performs constitutional and ceremonial func ...

. The Anglican Chapel of the Holy Angels Hostels was consecrated circa 1929. It closed circa 1984. Charleville was also one of the compulsory stop over/check points during the London to

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...

MacRobertson Air Race in 1934. The winners of the great race were Tom Campbell Black and

C. W. A. Scott Flight Lieutenant Charles William Anderson Scott, AFC (13 February 1903 – 15 April 1946Dunnell ''Aeroplane'', November 2019, p. 46.) was an English aviator. He won the MacRobertson Air Race, a race from London to Melbourne, in 1934, in a tim ...

. Their triumph was reported in ''

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'' magazine as:

"Scott and Black, keeping up their sensational pace, flashed into Charleville, refueled, sped toward the finish where waiting thousands cheered their progress, reported over loudspeakers. With one motor dead, with only two hours sleep since leaving England, the Britons triumphantly set their scarlet torpedo down in
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
at 3:34 p.m. In 71 hr. 1 min. 3 sec. – Just under three days – they had flown halfway around the world."

Proximity to the Warrego River has been problematic. In April 1990, major floods hit western Queensland, with Charleville being badly affected. Floodwaters peaked at 8.54 metres, over 1,000 homes were inundated, and almost 3,000 people evacuated. More recently, the district suffered flooding again in 1997, 2008 and March 2010. Flooding also occurred in February 2012. In the the locality of Charleville had a population of 3,335 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.3% of the population. 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was Vietnam at 3.3%. 87.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese at 3.5%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 34.1%, Anglican 24.1% and No Religion 17.2%,

Heritage listings

Charleville has a number of

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sites, including: * 87 Alfred Street: former

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* Edward Street: Charleville War Memorial * King Street: Charleville railway station * Mitchell Highway: Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 67) * 33 Wills Street: Hotel Corones as well as a number in nearby localities: * south-west of Charleville off the

Diamantina Developmental Road The Diamantina Developmental Road is a gazetted road in Queensland, Australia, that runs from Charleville in the south-central part of the state to Mount Isa in the north-west. Route description The road passes through the towns of Quilpi ...

Bakers Bend Bakers Bend is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bakers Bend had a population of 28 people. Geography The Warrego River meanders from north to south through the locality. The Western railway line from C ...

: Myendetta Homestead * south of Charleville off the

Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 69) Landsborough's Blazed Tree (Camp 69) is a heritage-listed blazed tree at Mitchell Highway, Bakers Bend, Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. It was marked by William Landsborough. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 June 2 ...

File:Charleville Railway Station, Queensland, July 2013.JPG, Railway station File:StateLibQld 1 102332 Dining room of the Hotel Corones, ca. 1930.jpg, Dining room of the Hotel Corones File:StateLibQld 1 43511 Queensland National Bank, Charleville, 1915.jpg, Queensland National Bank File:StateLibQld 1 214388 War memorial at Charleville, ca. 1939.jpg, War memorial

Education

Charleville State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at Wills Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 205 students with 20 teachers (19 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (16 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

program (certified through the National Disability Insurance Scheme). St Mary's School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 66 Watson Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 117 students with 9 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). Charleville State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls on the corner of Partridge & Hunter Streets (). It was established in 1961, replacing the Secondary Department at Charleville State School. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 246 students (including students from

, Morven and

) with 36 teachers (34 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (16 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program (certified through the National Disability Insurance Scheme). Charleville School of Distance Education is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-10) school for boys and girls at Parry Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 200 students with 25 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent). It is a School of the Air, providing

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

by a combination of postal services, telephone and Internet to children who are unable to attend a regular school due to their remote location.

Facilities

Charleville has a range of facilities for the community including a swimming pool, bowling green, speedway, racing course, and the Gowrie sporting oval. There is a public library on Alfred Street run by the

Murweh Shire Council The Shire of Murweh is a local government area in the Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville. In June 2018, the Shire of Murweh had a populat ...

with a high-speed Internet connection (through the National Broadband Network). The Charleville branch of the

Queensland Country Women's Association The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of loca ...

has its rooms at 145 Alfred Street. The Charleville Golf Course has eighteen sand greens and a licensed clubhouse in May Street. The Charleville Bowls Club has two rinks and a licensed clubhouse in Epacris Street. All Saints Anglican Church is at 41 Alfred Street (). Lutheran church services are held at Bluecare Community Centre at 145 Alfred Street (). North of the town is VMC, a marine weather transmitter operated by the

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Media

The local newspaper is the ''Western Times''. Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned by NewsCorp, the newspaper ceased print editions in June 2020 and became an online-only publication from 26 June 2020. Charleville is home to the following radio stations: * ABC Western Queensland - 603 AM *

4VL 4VL is a radio station in Charleville, Queensland, Australia. It is owned by Resonate Radio along with other sister stations around Queensland. This company is owned by Rex Morris, Guy Dobson, Sally Dobson The 4VL building located on Wills Str ...

(

Resonate Broadcasting Resonate Broadcasting is an Australian media company, operating radio stations across various centres across regional Queensland, as well as Hawaii. Formed in 2008, it currently operates 16 radio stations across Australia and the United States. ...

) - 918 AM *

Vision Christian Radio Vision Christian Radio is an Australian narrowcast radio station owned and operated by Vision Christian Media, an affiliate of United Christian Broadcasters. It broadcasts a Christian radio format of music and talk from studios in the Brisbane ...

- 87.6 FM *

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(Resonate Broadcasting) - 101.7 FM * 4RR FM (Bidjara Media & Broadcasting Company Ltd) - 105.7 FM *

ABC Radio National Radio National, known on-air as RN, is an Australia-wide public service broadcasting radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). From 1947 until 1985, the network was known as ABC Radio 2. History 1937: Predecessors a ...

- 107.3 FM The Australian Broadcasting Corporation transmits ABQ and its sister Channels, ABC Kids, ABC TV Plus, ABC Me and

ABC NEWS ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast '' ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include morning news-talk show '' Good Morning America'', '' ...

to Charleville through its relay station, ABCEQ, situated at 26°24′59″S 146°21′20″E. As part of its regional and rural coverage expansion, the ABC opened a

news bureau A news bureau is an office for gathering or distributing news. Similar terms are used for specialized bureaus, often to indicate a geographic location or scope of coverage: a ‘Tokyo bureau’ refers to a given news operation's office in Tokyo; ' ...

in Charleville in 2022. It was officially opened on 10 March 2022 by the ABC's managing director

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and Federal Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia

David Littleproud David Kelly Littleproud (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian politician who has been the leader of the National Party since May 2022. He has represented the Queensland seat of Maranoa since the 2016 federal election and was a cabinet mini ...

. The

Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...

and its sister channels 7two and

7mate 7mate is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Seven Network on 25 September 2010. The channel contains sport and regular programs aimed primarily to a male audience, with programming drawn from a ...

transmit to Charleville through its regional area affiliate, ITQ.

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of fiv ...

and its sister channels

10 Bold 10 Bold is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel owned by Network 10. It originally launched on 26 March 2009 as One HD with a focus on broadcasting sports-based programming and events, but rebranded to One in April 2011 to ...

and

10 Peach 10 Peach is an Australian free-to-air television channel operated by Network 10. It was launched on 11 January 2011 as Eleven. It is owned by ElevenCo, which was established as a joint venture between Ten Network Holdings and CBS Studios Inte ...

transmit to Charleville through its regional area affiliate, CDT The Nine Network and its sister channels

9Gem 9Gem is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, launched by the Nine Network in September 2010. The channel provides general entertainment and movie programming, from which the original name "GEM" is derived. History Nine N ...

and

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transmit to Charleville through its regional area affiliate, Imparja Television The

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and its sister channels SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies and

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also transmit to Charleville.

Attractions

Tourist attractions include: * Charleville Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia Visitor Centre *Charleville Historical Museum * Cosmos Centre, a stargazing centre * World War II Secret Base, displaying the activities of the 3500

United States Army Air Force The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War I ...

personnel stationed in Charleville in 1943 *Charleville Bilby Experience, a wildlife sanctuary which runs a

captive breeding program Captive breeding, also known as captive propagation, is the process of plants or animals in controlled environments, such as wildlife reserves, zoos, botanic gardens, and other conservation facilities. It is sometimes employed to help species that ...

for the

greater bilby The greater bilby (''Macrotis lagotis''), often referred to simply as the bilby since the lesser bilby (''Macrotis leucura'') became extinct in the 1950s, is an Australian species of nocturnal omnivorous animal in the order Peramelemorphia. Ot ...

, a

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Transport

Charleville Airport Charleville Airport is an airport located southwest of Charleville, a town in the state of Queensland in Australia. The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Charleville Airport. Airlines and destinations Re ...

is on Qantas Drive () approximately south-west of the town centre. It has two runways, both sealed. One is and is lit, while the other is and is unlit. '' The Westlander'' rail passenger service links the Charleville railway station () to

. Charleville would have been the southern end of the Transcontinental railway proposed in the 1880s, connecting to Point Parker on the

Gulf of Carpentaria The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary i ...

. Prior to 10 December 2021, Charleville was serviced by

Bus Queensland Bus Queensland was formed in April 2009 when the Pulitano Group purchased both the Garden City Sunbus and Kynoch Coaches operations. Kynoch Coaches was a family-owned business, previously owned by Jason Ward, operated urban, school and long-dis ...

who operated daily coach services to and from

via

, Dalby,

Chinchilla Chinchillas are either of two species (''Chinchilla chinchilla'' and ''Chinchilla lanigera'') of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha. They are slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels, and are native to the Andes mounta ...

Mitchell Mitchell may refer to: People *Mitchell (surname) *Mitchell (given name) Places Australia * Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate * Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst * Mitchell, Northern Territ ...

and Morven and vice versa. Charleville was also a scheduled stop for

's daily services from

to Mount Isa and vice versa. Since 11 December 2021 Charleville has been serviced by Greyhound Australia who operate the following services which it regained from

under a contract from the

Climate

Charleville experiences a

hot semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi- ...

( Köppen: ''BSh'', Trewartha: ''BShl''); with very hot summers with moderate rains; warm to hot, relatively dry springs and autumns; and mild, dry winters. Summers are very hot, and depending on wind direction, very dry or very humid. Winters are mild to cool and crisp, with rather high diurnal ranges, which provide some

frost Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a g ...

. Rainfall is mild and distributed patchily throughout the year, with a peak in summer. Severe flooding events are usually caused by monsoon troughs and the remnants of

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Dep ...

s dumping large amounts of rain over the area; however, rain normally falls in the form of thunderstorms and light showers after hot summer days. Extremes have ranged from to . The highest rainfall total recorded for one month was in March 2010.

Notable people

* Davida Allen (born 1951), painter, film maker and writer *

Daryl Beattie Daryl Beattie (born 26 September 1970 in Charleville, Queensland, Australia) is a former Grand Prix solo motorcycle road racer. Motorsport career Beattie posted several good results at the beginning of the 1992 500cc Grand Prix season then t ...

(born 1970), former professional

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motorcycle racer and television motor sports commentator * Richard Bell (born 1953), artist and political activist * Cameron Boyce (born 1989), first-class cricketer *

Kurt Capewell Kurt Capewell (born 12 July 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward and for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Penrith Panthers in the Nati ...

(born 1993), Premiership winning National Rugby League footballer with the Penrith Panthers. Now with the

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* Luke Capewell (born 1989), former National Rugby League footballer *

Andrew Dutney Reverend Professor Andrew Fergus Dutney ( ; born 9 July 1958) is a Christian scholar, writer, and musician. He is a Professor within the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University. He is the former principal of Uniting ...

(born 1958), President of the Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia *

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, television presenter * Richard Graham (born 1972), Australian Rugby Union coach *

Rhan Hooper Rhan Hooper (born 9 January 1988) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played with the Brisbane Lions and Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League. An indigenous Australian with origins are from the Mu ...

(born 1988), former professional

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er * Chelsea Jane (born 1992), rapper and songwriter * Matthew Mott (born 1973), former

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er and coach * Libby Munro (born 1981), actress * Billy Rogers (born 1989), former National Rugby League footballer * Neil Turner (1934–2011), politician, State Member for Warrego (1974 - 1986) and State Member for Nicklin (1989 - 1998) *

Adrian Vowles Adrian Vowles (born 30 May 1971) is a former professional Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a or in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in Australia for several years, gaining State of Origin selection in 1994, but spe ...

(born 1971), former

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footballer

In popular culture

*An eponymous

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song about Charleville was written by Don Walker and recorded by

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on his album ''Ringer from the Top End'' and later by Walker's own band Catfish on the album ''Ruby''. *The

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13933 Charleville is named in the town's honour . *A children's book called ''The Flood Grungies'' written by Michelle Sheehan and illustrated by Donna Reynolds. It is about the notorious Charleville floods and features the Cosmos centre, the water tower and other famous landmarks.

References

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Charleville

Murweh Shire Council
– Official site

About Charleville
* {{authority control Towns in Queensland South West Queensland Populated places established in 1865 1865 establishments in Australia Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland