Gilliat, Queensland

Gilliat is a town in the locality of Julia Creek in the Shire of Mckinlay, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is adjacent to the GIlliat railway station on the Great Northern railway line. As at 2019, there are no buildings in the town.[2]

Gilliat
Queensland
Gilliat
Coordinates20.6866°S 141.5011°E / -20.6866; 141.5011
Postcode(s)4823
LGA(s)Shire of Mckinlay
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal Division(s)Kennedy

History

The town of Gilliat is shown on a 1907 survey plan.[1]

At the Queensland Country Women's Association annual conference in August 1930, the Gilliart branch proposed that the association should work to establish a school at Gilliat as there were 31 school-aged children in the district and the association voted to do so.[3] Gilliart State School opened circa 1931 but closed circa 1934.[4]

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References
  1. "Gilliat - town in Shire of Mckinlay (entry 13769)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. "Country Women's Association Annual Conference". Townsville Daily Bulletin. LII (192). Queensland, Australia. 26 August 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 3 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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