Download coordinates as: Capella is a rural town and locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.

[5] Capella Creek flows from east to west across the northern part of the locality to the immediate north of the town.

[6] Capella was founded on traditional Wangan land in the 1860s by graziers influenced by the good reports of Ludwig Leichhardt.

The Creek was probably named by surveyor Charles Frederick Gregory[2] who, following the discovery of copper at Copperfield, about 60 kilometres to the north, surveyed three township sites in the Peak Downs area in 1862: Crinum Creek (Lilyvale), Capella, and Hoods Lagoon (Clermont).

[7] In June 1883 Mr Jorgensen was contracted to build a Presbyterian Church and school for £146, to be completed in one month.

In 1984 a secondary department was added, but it ceased when Capella State High School opened on 23 January 1989.

[13] On 2 May 1898, Reverend J.R. Williams, based at Clermont, held the first Wesleyan service in the Capella church.

[15] Mrs Lucy Stuart of Gordon Downs Station laid the foundation block for the Holy Spirit Anglican Church on Easter Monday 1 April 1907.

[18] The early 20th century was a time of stable growth and development in the town, although the population only increased from about 250 in 1900 to 300 in 1930.

[citation needed] In the 1950s the Queensland British Food Corporation introduced large-scale grain production into the district on land formerly used for grazing.

A run of poor seasons led to the project's failure, but it introduced new crops such as sunflower and sorghum.

[citation needed] The Capella Hotel, on the corner of Peak Downs and Crinum Streets, was built in 1955.

[24] The destruction of the Commercial left the town with only one other hotel and the Peak Downs Shire Council, realising the need to provide additional accommodation for visitors to the town, undertook to build the hotel as a function of local government.

Several local authorities in Queensland built and ran their own licensed premises in the 1950s, including Rockhampton, Townsville and Winton.

[26] The large new farming blocks opened up by the clearing of the Brigalow lent itself to the broadland growing of grain and cereal crops, particularly sunflower and sorghum.

Bulk storage facilities for these new crops was built in 1964 and the population of the district increased with new farming families.

Capella saw the opening of a range of new activities and facilities, including a district agricultural show (1961), Girl Guides (1966), and a swimming pool (1969).

[citation needed] Coal was discovered at Tieri, about 36 kilometres east of Capella, in 1982 and a large open-cut mine was developed.

It is located in Australia's largest restored drop-plank construction homestead with over 5,000 artefacts grouped into themed exhibits.