Mingela

History

The area was originally called Cunningham and then Ravenswood Junction. However, when the Ravenswood branch railway closed on 16 March 1931, the railway station was then renamed Mingela (an Aboriginal word meaning a string of waterholes). The school was at 33 Burdekin Street (). The school's website was archived. The locality of Mingela was created on 8 July 2016 by combining the former locality of Crimea with parts of Ravenswood, Reid River and Dotswood.

Geography

Mingela railway station is on the Great Northern railway from Townsville to Mount Isa (). Haughton Valley railway station is an abandoned railway station on the same line (). Mingela has the following mountains (from north to south): * Mount Prince Charlie () * Mount Square Post () * The Bluff () * Sulphide Mountain () * Cowhead Mountain ()

Most-observed species

• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  50
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  46
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  43
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  42
• Australasian Darter

  Anhinga novaehollandiae (Gould, 1847) · Aves
  40
• Pacific Black Duck

  Anas superciliosa J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  40
• Whistling Kite

  Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  39
• Golden-headed Cisticola

  Cisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  37

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-03-01
  0 km SE of Kelso, Australia