Download coordinates as: Morinish is a rural locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.

[5][6][7] Gold was found at Morinish in 1866 with miners working in the area by December 1866,[8] and a "new rush" being described in the newspapers in February 1867 with the population being estimated on the field as 600.

[9][10] The Morinish Post Office opened on 1 July 1867 and closed on 4 November 1872.

[18][3] Ten Mile Creek Provisional School opened in 1916 but closed circa 1917.

[13] Morinish was within the Shire of Fitzroy until 2008 when amalgamation of local government areas resulted in it becoming part of the newly created Rockhampton Region.