Download coordinates as: Duchess is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.

[4] Kalkatunga (also known as Kalkadoon, Kalkadunga, Kalkatungu) is an Australian Aboriginal language.

The Kalkatunga language region is North-West Queensland including the local government areas of the City of Mount Isa.

Duchess was the name or nickname of the Aboriginal consort of pastoralist St John de Satge who was nicknamed "The Duke", who had run away and sought refuge at Kennedy's Calton Downs station.

[2] Mining in the area lead to negotiations with the government in 1906 about building accessible railway stations.

At its peak and for a while afterwards, Duchess was home to four pubs, a school, a post office, a train station, and four automobile garages.

[6] The Dajarra railway line from the town of Duchess reached Butru on 18 December 1915.

[4] Spinifex State College has boarding facilities in Healy, Mount Isa.