Springfield is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Springfield had a population of 14 people.

Geography

The

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enters the locality from the east ( Forty Mile) and forms part of the south-eastern boundary of the locality, before turning and flowing north-west, exiting the locality to the north-west ( Fossilbrook /

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). The locality is within the

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catchment within the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin. The

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enters the locality from the west (Fossilbrook) and exits to the south-west ( Mount Surprise). Frewhurst is a neighbourhood within the locality (), taking its name from the Frewhurst railway station on the Etheridge railway line (now part of the Tablelands railway line). The station was named on 16 December 1909 by the Etheridge Mining and Railway Company, with the approval of

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, after railway engineer Archibald Smith Frew (184?–1917) who was involved in the construction of that railway line and others in Queensland. Springfield has the following mountains and passes (from north to south): * Mount Pudding Basin () * Mount Bridge () * Mount Garling () * Telegraph Gap ()

History

Fossilbrook Creek railway station is an abandoned railway station on the Etheridge railway line ().

Demographics

In the , Springfield had "no people or a very low population". In the , Springfield had a population of 14 people.

Education

There are no schools in Springfield. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Surprise State School in neighbouring Mount Surprise to the south and Mount Garnet State School in

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to the north-east. There are no secondary schools nearby; the alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland