Ellinthorp

History

The township was known as Talgai before it was renamed Ellinthorp on 19 March 1931. Although there are over 100 town lots in the town plan, many have not been developed while others are used for farming, suggesting Ellinthorp was expected to be a more populous town.

Geography

Dalrymple Creek forms the southern boundary of the locality and the South Western railway line forms the eastern boundary with the now-abandoned Ellinthorp railway station () once serving the town, which is immediately west of the station. Contrary to the Queensland Government's normal rules that no locality should be an "island" within another locality, Ellinthorp is completely surrounded by the locality of Talgai.

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  386
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  322
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  284
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  281
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  261
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  236
• Little Corella

  Cacatua sanguinea Gould, 1843 · Aves
  228
• Eastern Rosella

  Platycercus eximius (Shaw, 1792) · Aves
  227