Download coordinates as: Charleville (/ˈtʃɑːrlvɪl/) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Located in southwestern Queensland, Australia, Charleville is the terminus for the Warrego Highway, which stretches 747 kilometres (464 miles) from Brisbane and is situated: It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Shire of Murweh, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres.

The Bidjara language region includes the local government areas of the Shire of Murweh, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall as well as the properties of Nive Downs and Mount Tabor.

[4] Gungabula (also known as Kongabula and Khungabula) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the headwaters of the Dawson River in Central Queensland.

[10] It was William Alcock Tully, who was Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Warrego District from 1863 to 1864 and would later serve as Surveyor General of Queensland from 1875 to 1889, who laid out the town's streets.

Charleville Post Office opened on 1 August 1865[12] and a town began to grow to service the region.

Facilities included a locomotive depot, cattle and sheep yards, a 50-ton weighbridge, a booking and telegraph offices, goods shed, stationmaster's house, and guards, enginemen and firemen's cottages.

[26] In 1902 Charleville was the location of an unsuccessful attempt by Clement Lindley Wragge to fire cannons into the clouds in order to break a drought.

On 9 October 1924, the Charleville War Memorial was unveiled by Sir Matthew Nathan, the Governor of Queensland.

With one motor dead, with only two hours sleep since leaving England, the Britons triumphantly set their scarlet torpedo down in Melbourne at 3:34 p.m.

Charleville was hit by flooding in 1971 caused by a rain depression that was formed from the remnants of Cyclone Althea.

[citation needed] In April 1990, major floods hit western Queensland, with Charleville being badly affected.

[45] Charleville has a range of facilities for the community including a swimming pool, bowling green, speedway, racing course, and the Gowrie sporting oval.

[51] There is a public library on Alfred Street run by the Murweh Shire Council with a high-speed ISDN Internet connection to Brisbane (powered through the National Broadband Network).

As part of its regional and rural coverage expansion, the ABC opened a news bureau in Charleville in 2022.

[60] The Seven Network and its sister channels 7two and 7mate transmit to Charleville through its regional area affiliate, ITQ.

[citation needed] Network Ten and its sister channels 10 Bold Drama and 10 Peach Comedy transmit to Charleville through its regional area affiliate, CDT[citation needed] The Nine Network and its sister channels 9Gem and 9Go!

Charleville would have been the southern end of the Transcontinental railway proposed in the 1880s, connecting to Point Parker on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Charleville was also a scheduled stop for Bus Queensland's daily services from Brisbane to Mount Isa and vice versa.

[citation needed] Since 11 December 2021, Charleville has been serviced by Greyhound Australia who operate the following services which it regained from Bus Queensland under a contract from the Queensland Government:[citation needed] Charleville experiences a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh), with hot summers with variable rainfall and humidity; as well as having mild, dry winters with occasional frost and high high diurnal ranges.

Annual precipitation is rather low, averaging 487.3 mm (19.19 in), and peaks in summer due to more abundant showers and thunderstorms.

[69] Severe flooding events can occur due to tropical cyclones remnants and monsoon troughs; evident by the 399.7 mm (15.74 in) falling in February 1896: the highest monthly total recorded.

[70] This Wikipedia article incorporates text from HOTEL CORONES, CHARLEVILLE (22 November 2019) published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 15 January 2020.