Download coordinates as: Ravenshoe (/ˈreɪvənz.hoʊ/ RAY-vənz-hoh)[2] is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.

Traditionally the main industry in Ravenshoe was timber, but since 1987, when the government made 900,000 hectares (2,200,000 acres) of surrounding rainforest world heritage listed, the main industries have been tourism, beef and dairy farming.

[7][8] The traditional owners of the land in the Ravenshoe district are the Jirrbal people who speak a dialect of the Dyirbal language.

[9] The site of the present day Ravenshoe was first settled by pastoralists prior to 1881 but when stands of red cedar (Toona ciliata) trees were found at nearby Cedar Creek, the mining entrepreneur, John Moffat purchased the pastoral properties in 1897.

By 1910, the nearby mining town of Herberton has been connected by railway to Cairns and Cedar Creek had been renamed Ravenshoe.

The name is supposed to have been chosen because a copy of Henry Kingsley's novel Ravenshoe was found discarded nearby.

The timber industry was by now supplying Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleyana), oak (Argyrodendron peralatum) and black walnut (Endiandra globosa).

[10] It was at 12280 Kennedy Highway (17°33′34″S 145°31′02″E / 17.55944°S 145.51721°E / -17.55944; 145.51721 (Chilverton State School (former))), which is in Ravenshoe today but on the boundary with Evelyn.

After the closure of the church some time after 1975, the building was relocated to 592 Wooroora Road to be incorporated into a house.

[7] On Sunday 25 July 1937, the foundation stone was laid for St Barnabas Anglican Church by Bishop John Feetham.

[27] On Sunday 6 June 1937, St Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church was officially opened and blessed by Bishop John Heavey.

[31] In World War II as part of the Atherton Project, tent encampments were established by the Australian Army (6th and 7th Divisions) near Ravenshoe, Wondecla and Wongabel.

[10] In 1992, the Queensland Education Department purchased St Barnabas' to establish a separate secondary campus for Ravenshoe State School.

[38] The railway service from Atherton to Ravenshoe closed in 1988, following the designation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[41] Ravenshoe became national news after a vehicle ran into a gas cylinder at the Grigg Street 'Serves You Right Cafe' on 9 June 2015.

[50] Ravenshoe has a butcher, bakery, supermarkets, two cafes, several craft shop, a post office, a medical centre, a newsagency, a chemist, a hardware store, two pubs, two tyre shops, two salons, four fuel outlets, two caravan parks, a laundromat, bank branches, two real estate agencies and three schools and a community kindergarten.

[55] The Ravenshoe branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 15 Herbert Street.

[56] St Teresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church is on the south-east corner of Moore Street and Moffat Street (17°36′40″S 145°29′13″E / 17.611055°S 145.487°E / -17.611055; 145.487 (St Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church)).

[60] Ravenshoe is located close to waterfalls, crater lakes, swamps, water holes, rainforests and historical landmarks.

The Windy Hill Wind Farm owned by Queensland Government's Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund (together with the Koombooloomba hydroelectric dam) generates enough electricity to power several towns.