Butchers Hill is the name of the area where a historic cattle station[1] in Far North Queensland, Australia operated during the late 1800s.
The location of the cattle station in relation to the goldfields made it possible to supply meat to local miners and to Cooktown.
Australian history traditionally would refer to Butcher's Hill as a landmark for describing places and locations.
James Earl (grazier) moved to the area now called Lakeland where he was originally granted a lease to occupy pastoral land.
[4] Butchers Hill, Cattle Station, Queensland was named after Butcher Hill Farm in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England where Earl lived prior to coming to Melbourne in the gold rush era.