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Explorer William Landsborough camped on the site of the
present town of Hughenden in March 1862 while searching unsuccessfully for the
lost Burke and Wills expedition. The town then being surveyed in 1877 by Ernest
Henry in February 1864. He named the location after Hughenden Manor, the home of
his maternal grandfather in Buckinghamshire, England.
The railway arrived in 1905 ensuring the towns prosperity, the shire today
covers an area of some 41000 square km one of the largest in Queensland.
Located in the Flinders Shire, Hughenden is the business and commercial centre
of the region. Other townships within the Shire include Prairie, Torrens Creek
and Stamford. Hughenden is situated on the banks of Queensland longest river,
the Flinders and is located on the Overlander’s Way (Flinders Highway).
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