Download coordinates as: Pentland is a rural town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.

[citation needed] The Flinders Highway passes through Pentland (both town and locality) from east to west, as does the Great Northern railway line.

[5] The Cape River goldfields opened in July 1867 on the advice of geologist Richard Daintree.

[13] The Soldiers Memorial Hall was opened on Saturday 24 April 1926 by Mrs Lydia Pilcher, who had four sons in the military in World War I, one of whom, Ernest Sydney Pilcher, died of wounds in 1918.

[13] Pentland Meatworks (also known as Cape River Meatworks) was opened in 1943 to meet the additional needs of Australian and American forces arriving in North Queensland during World War II.

[17] The end of the war in 1945 meant the army no longer had a need for the facility, after which it had a number of changes of ownership.

[19][20][21] In the early 1970s, there were two grocery stores and the Pentland State School had around 70 enrolled students, the town pool was opened and the town's only hotel, the Pentland Hotel Motel was renovated.

[2] The 2013 Australian Federal Government budget included funds for a feasibility study on "the potential to develop land for sugarcane production, milling, ethanol and cogeneration infrastructure in the Pentland region.

[29] There is a small war memorial at the front of the building where the annual Anzac Day ceremony is held.