Kidston is a ghost town within the rural locality of Einasleigh, Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia.

[1] What remains of the built structure of the town is heritage-listed as the Kidston State Battery & Township.

A small amount of gold was found there by Charles Mack who then teamed up with Charles Hawkins and together found more substantial quantities of gold in September 1907.

[1][5][6][7][3] By December 1907, at least 120 oz of alluvial gold had been obtained through working about four gullies of tributaries of the Copperfield River, and about 120 men on the field.

The Einasleigh Copper Mine had halted as the workers had left for the gold field.