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Postcode(s)
  
4871

State electorate(s)
  
Cook

Federal division
  
Division of Kennedy

LGA(s)
  
Shire of Mareeba

Postal code
  
4871

Kingsborough, Queensland

Weather
  
25°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 83% Humidity

Kingsborough is a small town in the locality of Thornborough in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It was part of the Hodgkinson Minerals Area.

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History

Kingston Post Office opened around 1876, was renamed Kingsborough in 1877 and closed in 1924.

Heritage listings

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

  • off Dimbulah-Mount Mulligan Road: General Grant Mine
  • off former East Street (now Kingsborough-Thornborough Road): Kingsborough Battery
  • Kingsborough-Thornborough Road: Tyrconnel Mine and Battery
  • References

    Kingsborough, Queensland Wikipedia


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