Download coordinates as: Normanton is an outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

The town is one terminus of the isolated Normanton to Croydon railway line, which was built during gold rush days in the 1890s.

It is a small cattle town and coastal locality, and administrative centre of the Shire of Carpentaria.

[10] The town takes its name from the Norman River, which was named in honour of William Henry Norman of the Victorian Naval Forces, who commanded the sloop HMCS Victoria in the search for the explorers Burke and Wills and also conducted hydrographic surveys of the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Torres Strait to identify reefs and other marine hazards.

[7][11][12] The new town of Norman was surveyed by George Phillips in December 1867 and was officially gazetted on 8 August 1868.

[11] On 11 October 1868 the first land sale of 167 town lots of 1⁄4 and 1⁄2 acre (0.10 and 0.20 ha) was held at the Norman Police Office.

[7] Like other towns in the Gulf country Chinese men often supplied local vegetables from their market gardens.

[24] The gold boom at Croydon was short-lived and the completion of the Townsville – Cloncurry railway in 1908, reduced Normanton's relative importance as a centre.

[25][26] Gulf Christian College was established on 24 January 1990 by the Normanton Assembly of God Church.

[28] The Normanton Anzac Roll of Honour was unveiled on Tuesday 13 June 2017, as part of the First World War centenary commemorations.

It is located on Landsborough Street opposite the war memorial (17°40′13″S 141°04′44″E / 17.670294°S 141.078925°E / -17.670294; 141.078925 (Normanton ANZAC Roll of Honour)).

[29] After seeking rights since 1996, in November 2012 the traditional owners, the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj people, lodged a claim for native title over an area around Normanton stretching 16,000 square kilometres (6,200 sq mi).

In the dry season, lower humidity, cloudless days and cool nights provides for more pleasant conditions.

The major industry is cattle grazing with a number of homesteads in the locality, including:[44] Tourism has recently become an important part of the economy of Normanton, with the Gulflander a significant draw-card.

[24] Among Normanton's most notable features is a statue of an 8.64-metre (28.3 ft) long saltwater crocodile named Krys, the largest ever taken, which was shot by Krystina Pawlowska in July 1957 in the Norman River.

[65][66] The Normanton branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association has its rooms in Landsborough Street.

[70] Normanton public library and visitor information services are located in the historic Burns Philp Building at the corner of Caroline and Landsborough Streets.

[71] There are a number of sporting facilities: The Gulf Developmental Road, part of the Savannah Way tourist drive, commences 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the town.

[8] The Gulflander passenger train operates weekly on a 151 km (94 mi) remnant of the Normanton to Croydon historical railway.

The Normanton railway station features a large steel frame with an open canopy to provide shade.

[72][73] There are services from Normanton to destinations including Cairns, Burketown, Doomadgee and Mount Isa.