Herberton

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Herberton

Total population

984

Coordinates-17.38°, 145.39°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Herberton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Herberton had a population of 895 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

H

Herbert Hurrey

Australian rules footballer (1888–1961)

Nancy Florence Day

Australian fundraiser

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Queensland

• Watsonville
  4.8 mi away
• Irvinebank
  12.4 mi away
• Tolga
  12.7 mi away · pop. 1,277
• Tumoulin
  13.3 mi away · pop. 135
• Tarzali
  14.7 mi away · pop. 431
• Weerimba
  15.2 mi away
• Kairi
  15.6 mi away · pop. 490
• Tinaburra
  15.9 mi away
• Eachamvale
  16 mi away
• Ravenshoe
  16.7 mi away · pop. 786
• Millaa Millaa
  17.5 mi away · pop. 314
• Mount Garnet
  27 mi away · pop. 253

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Herberton

Regional and economic geology of the Herberton/Mount Garnet Area - Herberton Tinfield, North Queensland

David Henry Blake · 1972

Report on the timber trees of Herberton District, North Queensland

J. F. Bailey · 1899

Isotopic ages of rocks from the Georgetown/Mount Garnet/Herberton area, North Queensland

L. P. Black · 1978

In My Opinion - A History of Crown Law Queensland 1859 – 2009

Lisbeth Elvery, Conrad Lohe, Gerard Sammon and Angus Scott · 2009

Catalogue of the Roth collection of aboriginal artefacts from north Queensland

Australian Museum · 1993

The Con Goo line

Glenda Morris · 1994

A pictorial history of the construction of the Cairns Range railway 1886-1891

A. D. Broughton · 1991

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle

Myuchelys latisternum

Seen 2026-10-07

Eastern Water Dragon

Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii

Seen 2026-10-07

Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Seen 2026-10-07

Crested Pigeon

Ocyphaps lophotes

Seen 2026-10-07

Spangled Drongo

Dicrurus bracteatus

Seen 2026-10-07

Peaceful Dove

Geopelia placida

Seen 2026-10-06

Agile Wallaby

Notamacropus agilis

Seen 2026-10-06

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

Seen 2026-10-06

Rainbow Lorikeet

Trichoglossus moluccanus

Seen 2026-10-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).