Download coordinates as: Home Hill is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.

[1] At the delta of the Burdekin River, it is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops.

The Bruce Highway passes through the town from the south-east (Fredericksfield / Inkerman) to the north-west crossing the river via the Burdekin Bridge to McDesme en route to Ayr.

[4] The North Coast railway line runs immediately parallel and west of the highway, also entering from the south-east (Fredericksfield / Inkerman) and exiting to the north-west (McDesme) via the Burdekin Bridge.

In August 1910, the Inkerman estate was resumed by the Queensland Government under the Closer Settlement Act.

[10] The first blocks of town land were offered for sale in December 1912 under the name of Home Hill.

[12] The Queensland Government claims it was named after Home Hill, a hilltop defended by the British Army in the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War.

[10][14][15] A newspaper report in September 1912 calls the proposed town Holme Hill but also makes the connection with the Battle of Inkerman.

[10][26] Due to the lack of rock in the sandy soil to use as foundations, for many years it was not believed possible to build a high-level bridge across the Burdekin River.

[18] In 1922, a power station was built enabling electricity to be supplied for the first time in Home Hill.

[18] In 1923, the first courthouse in Home Hill opened, operating from a timber building that had formerly been used as Jensen's Boot Palace.

The building was relocated to the present courthouse site, where it was replaced by the extant brick structure in 1937.

The court house closed in 1991 after which it was occupied by a tourist information centre and then local radio station Sweet FM.

[18][34] The Home Hill Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society held its first show on 20 November 1926.

[18] For two years beginning September 1943, the Royal Australian Air Force operated a radar station at Charlies Hill south of the town, staffed by approximately two dozen servicemen and women.

[18] It continues to be held annually in November to celebrate the end of the sugar cane crushing season.

However, other crops have been introduced to the area and found their niche in the economy; they include mangoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, chillies, sorghum, maize, cotton and cassava.

[39][40] In August 2016, two British backpackers were killed in a stabbing attack at the Home Hill Backpackers hostel, leaving others injured, by a French national shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the killings and during his arrest[41] and who had allegedly used cannabis on the night of the attack.

[1] Home Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: The town relies on its primary industries.

[82] The Home Hill Harvest Festival is an annual week-long program of events held in November, culminating in a street parade and Mardi Gras.

[83] The main attractions in Home Hill are the Burdekin Bridge and Inkerman Sugar Mill.

In the past few years it has become increasingly popular for backpackers, who flock to the area to earn money planting and harvesting crops.