Thornborough, Queensland
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View of Thornborough township, circa 1913 | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Thornborough | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 16°56′33″S 145°00′30″E / 16.9425°S 145.0083°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 415.4 km2 (160.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 21 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0506/km2 (0.1309/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4871 | ||||||||||||
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Thornborough is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. The town rose to prominence in the 1870s as a gold mining town in the Hodgkinson Minerals Area, but there are very few buildings remaining in the town. In the 2021 census, the locality of Thornborough had a population of 21 people.