Hervey Range, Queensland — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Hervey Range, in the Charters Towers Regional local government area.
| Locality | Hervey Range |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Charters Towers Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -19.45892 |
| Longitude | 146.47945 |
| Population | 302 |
| Density | 0.5 /km² |
| Area | 633.8 km² |
| Elevation | 58 m |
| Postcode | 4817 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 1113 km northwest |
Hervey Range is a locality in the Charters Towers Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 302. The locality covers an area of 633.8 km², giving a population density of about 0.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 58 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1113 km northwest of Brisbane. Hervey Range is located at 19.4589°S, 146.4795°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4817. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Remote Australia.
Hervey Range rises from the Queensland landscape like a sleeping giant, its broad shoulders cloaked in eucalyptus and scrub. It lies 30.3 km south-west of Kirwan, QLD (from Kirwan, QLD: bearing 235°T), and is situated 26.1 km west-south-west of Kelso. The air here, particularly as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a faint, dry scent of dust and sun-baked earth, a perfume unique to this corner of the country. The land rolls and dips, a rugged terrain of weathered rock and hardy vegetation, where the occasional termite mound stands sentinel against the vast, pale blue sky. Creeks, often mere whispers of water in the dry season, carve their patient paths through the valleys, their banks lined with resilient native grasses that shimmer with a dusty gold in the afternoon light.
The history of Hervey Range is written in the scars of the land and the echoes of enterprise. Once a vital route for prospectors seeking fortunes in the goldfields further west, the range still bears the faint tracks of those early travellers, a subtle testament to their arduous journeys. The economy here has long been tied to the land, with grazing leases stretching across the undulating country, their fences a thin, determined line against the wildness. While the allure of gold has largely faded, the spirit of resilience and self-reliance remains, a quiet characteristic of the people who call Hervey Range home, their lives unfolding at a pace dictated by the seasons and the land.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Hervey Range, Queensland with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Hervey Range, in the Charters Towers Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Hervey Range includes the postcode (4817), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Charters Towers Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Hervey Range is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |