{{distinguish|Ravenshoe (novel)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Ravenshoe | state = qld | image = Ravenshoe Town Hall (22192312062).jpg | caption = Ravenshoe Town Hall | coordinates = {{coord|-17.6058|145.4830|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Ravenshoe (town centre)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 9 | pop = 1332 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4888 | area = 139.0 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 52.4 <!-- road distances as per template instructions --> | dir1 = S | location1 = Atherton | dist2 = 84.8 | dir2 = W | location2 = Innisfail | dist3 = 118 | dir3 = SW | location3 = Cairns | dist4 = 334 | dir4 = NNW | location4 = Townsville | dist5 = 1773 | dir5 = NNW | location5 = Brisbane | elevation = 930 | lga = Tablelands Region | stategov = Hill | fedgov = Kennedy | near-n = Evelyn | near-ne = Beatrice | near-e = Maalan | near-se = Koombooloomba | near-s = Koombooloomba | near-sw = Millstream | near-w = Millstream | near-nw = Tumoulin }} '''Ravenshoe''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|eɪ|v|ən|z|.|h|oʊ}} {{respell|RAY|vənz-hoh}})<ref>{{cite book|title=Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition|date=2005|location=Melbourne|publisher=The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd|isbn=978-1-876429-14-0|title-link=Macquarie Dictionary}}</ref> is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.<ref name="qpnt">{{cite QPN|28067|Ravenshoe|town in Tablelands Region|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="qpnl">{{cite QPN|48849|Ravenshoe|locality in Tablelands Region|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,332 people.<ref name=Census2021/>
== Geography == Ravenshoe is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is located {{convert|123|km|mi}} south west of the regional centre, Cairns.
At {{convert|930|m|ft}} above sea level, Ravenshoe is the highest town in Queensland, with Queensland's highest pub<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publocation.com.au/pubs/qld/ravenshoe/tully-falls-hotel|title=Publocation|access-date=8 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208133941/https://publocation.com.au/pubs/qld/ravenshoe/tully-falls-hotel|archive-date=8 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> "The Ravenshoe Hotel" (formerly the "Tully Falls Hotel" until 2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/historic-hotel-tully-falls-at-ravenshoe-changes-name-after-87-years-to-reflect-location/news-story/afc1c657baa89a2a6edde4c735b9b443|title=Historic Hotel Tully Fally at Ravenshoe changes name after 87 years to reflect location|last=Dalton|first=Nick|date=31 May 2014|newspaper=Cairns Post|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411015215/https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/historic-hotel-tully-falls-at-ravenshoe-changes-name-after-87-years-to-reflect-location/news-story/afc1c657baa89a2a6edde4c735b9b443?nk=6ee69655bedfd2dd2153d44ffdac4e43-1681177935|url-status=live}}</ref>) and highest railway station. It also has the Millstream Falls, the widest waterfall in Australia. Traditionally the main industry in Ravenshoe was timber, but since 1987, when the government made {{convert|900000|ha|acre}} of surrounding rainforest world heritage listed, the main industries have been tourism, beef and dairy farming.<ref name="CGQ">{{cite web|title=Ravenshoe|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/ravenshoe|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611152115/http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/ravenshoe|archive-date=11 June 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="atherton">{{cite web|title=Ravenshoe, Innot Hot Springs and Mt Garnet|url=http://www.athertontablelands.com.au/where-to-go/ravenshoe-innot-hot-springs-mt-garnet/|publisher=Tropical Tablelands Tourism|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611231354/http://www.athertontablelands.com.au/where-to-go/ravenshoe-innot-hot-springs-mt-garnet/|archive-date=11 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
== History == thumb|Lumber yard at a Ravenshoe sawmill, 1934 The traditional owners of the land in the Ravenshoe district are the Jirrbal people who speak a dialect of the Dyirbal language.<ref name="visitors" />
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. A village called Cedar Creek was established. 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.<ref name="CGQ" /><ref name="qpnt" />
Ravenshoe State School opened on 5 February 1912. It expanded to offer secondary schooling on 3 February 1958.<ref name="qfhs"/><ref>{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref>
By 1912, Ravenshoe had a store, a school, the Club Hotel and a population of 1,000 people. The timber industry was by now supplying Queensland maple (''Flindersia brayleyana''), oak (''Argyrodendron peralatum'') and black walnut (''Endiandra globosa'').
Geraldton Road State School opened in 1916 via Ravenshoe. It closed in 1960.<ref name="qfhs"/> It was at 45 Geraldton Road (now within the boundaries of neighbouring Evelyn, {{Coord|-17.50658|145.50540|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Geraldton Road State School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1953 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m404 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m404-roads-1953.jpg |access-date=10 April 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411015231/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m404-roads-1953.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1944 |title=Palmerston |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-palmerston-1944.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001230542/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-palmerston-1944.jpg |archive-date=1 October 2020 |access-date=24 June 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}</ref>
Chilverton State School opened on 31 July 1916 "via Ravenshoe". It closed in 1 July 1956.<ref name="qfhs"/> It was at 12280 Kennedy Highway ({{Coord|-17.55944|145.51721|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Chilverton State School (former)}}), which is in Ravenshoe today but on the boundary with Evelyn.<ref name=":1" />
On 11 December 1916, Ravenshoe was finally connected with Cairns by the Tablelands railway line.<ref name="CGQ" /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Milne|first=Rod|date=May 1988|title=Rails to the Evelyn|journal=Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin|pages=108–117}}</ref>
Ravenshoe Methodist Church was officially opened on Saturday 29 May 1920, the first church to be erected in Ravenshoe.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 June 1920 |title=Methodist Church |volume=XXXIII |page=3 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=3685 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40359284 |access-date=10 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411015236/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40359284 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was built from timber and was {{Convert|30 by 20|ft}} and could seat 80 people. It cost £390. It was at 13 Moore Street ({{coord|-17.604858|145.481|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Ravenshoe Methodist Church (former)}}). After the closure of the church some time after 1975, the building was relocated to 592 Wooroora Road to be incorporated into a house.<ref>{{Cite web |title=No title |url=https://www.realestate.com.au/property-other-qld-ravenshoe-700195115 |url-status= |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=realestate.com.au}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2021 |title=Lush Ravenshoe secret retreat Stoney Batter goes on sale |url=https://www.realestate.com.au/news/lush-ravenshoe-secret-retreat-stoney-batter-goes-on-sale/ |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=realestate.com.au |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411025218/https://www.realestate.com.au/news/lush-ravenshoe-secret-retreat-stoney-batter-goes-on-sale/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="QRPD-5514">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Ravenshoe Methodist Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=5514 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108101817/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=5514 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=592 Wooroora Road Ravenshoe QLD 4888 Sold Prices and Statistics |url=https://www.propertyvalue.com.au/property/592-wooroora-road-ravenshoe-qld-4888/6971810 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=propertyvalue.com.au |language=en |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410033859/https://www.propertyvalue.com.au/property/592-wooroora-road-ravenshoe-qld-4888/6971810 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Horse Shoe Bend State School (sometimes written as Horseshoe Bend State School) opened in 1917 under head teacher Mary Ellen Duffy. It closed in 1925 due to low student numbers. The school reopened in 1929 and closed on 1 August 1952.<ref name="qfhs"/><ref>{{Cite QSA Agency|9056|Horse Shoe Bend State School|10 April 2023 }}</ref> It was at 182 Glendinning Road ({{Coord|-17.59882|145.54150|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Horse Shoe Bend State School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1943 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m404 |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m404-surv-control-1943.jpg |access-date=10 April 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114025246/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m404-surv-control-1943.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" />
Chilverton Methodist Church opened on 3 June 1929. It was built immediately adjacent and north of the Chilverton State School.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 June 1929 |title=CHILVERTON METHODIST CHURCH |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40675847 |accessdate=24 June 2024 |newspaper=Cairns Post |location=Queensland, Australia |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=8542 |archive-date=31 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831030838/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40675847 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is no longer extant, but was at 12280 Kennedy Highway ({{Coord|-17.55888|145.51693|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Chilverton Methodist Church (former)}}).<ref name=":1" />
Vine Creek State School opened on 10 September 1936. It closed on 16 August 1945.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref> The school was at 620 Tully Falls Road ({{Coord|-17.6658|145.50770|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Vine Creek State School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m404|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m404-surv-control-1943.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114025246/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m404-surv-control-1943.jpg|archive-date=14 January 2021|access-date=14 January 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref>
Roads connected Ravenshoe with Atherton and Innisfail by 1936.<ref name="CGQ" />
On Sunday 25 July 1937, the foundation stone was laid for St Barnabas Anglican Church by Bishop John Feetham. It was named St Barnabas after the Bush Brotherhood of St Barnabas, who had served in North Queensland.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 July 1937 |title=RAVENSHOE ANGLICAN CHURCH. |page=14 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=11,065 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41818735 |access-date=10 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411015237/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41818735 |url-status=live }}</ref> On Sunday 14 November 1937, Feetham returned to officially open and dedicate the church.<ref>{{cite news |date=20 November 1937 |title=RAVENSHOE ANGLICAN CHURCH. |page=10 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=11,162 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41827720 |access-date=10 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411025206/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41827720 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was built from timber.<ref name="QRPD-43152">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Barnabas Anglican Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=4315 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106003354/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=4315 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On Sunday 6 June 1937, St Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church was officially opened and blessed by Bishop John Heavey. It was {{Convert|40 by 22|ft}} and built from timber.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 June 1937 |title=IMPRESSIVE OPENING. |page=12 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=11,024 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41819150 |access-date=10 April 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411025213/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41819150 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1970s, it was relocated to enable the construction of a new church building, which was made from concrete blocks.<ref name="QRPD-62122">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church (1937) |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6212 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=9 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192153/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6212 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="QRPD-5164">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church (1970s) |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=5164 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107161218/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=5164 |url-status=live }}</ref> The old church building was then used as a school building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Teresa's Primary School, Ravenshoe |url=https://www.stteresas.qld.edu.au/documents/history.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.stteresas.qld.edu.au |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303093429/http://www.stteresas.qld.edu.au/documents/history.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 June 2014 |title=The Australilan Army |url=https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/theservices/theaustralianarmy/#atherton_tableland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207003902/https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/theservices/theaustralianarmy/ |archive-date=7 February 2018 |access-date=7 February 2018 |website=Queensland WWII Historic Places |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref>
By 1949, there were three sawmills, two hotels, two cinemas, a guest house and two churches.<ref name="CGQ" />
The Ravenshoe Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns was established in 1949.<ref name=":0" />
St Teresa's Catholic School was established in 1950 by the Sisters of Mercy. The single-room school building was the former Catholic Church at Irvinebank which was relocated to Ravenshoe. On opening there were 60 children enrolled from Years 1 through 7. In 1978 the Sisters of Mercy ended their role in the school, being replaced by lay teachers.<ref name="qfhs"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stteresas.qld.edu.au/documents/history.html|title=History of the School|website=St Teresa's Primary School, Ravenshoe|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217130031/http://stteresas.qld.edu.au/documents/history.html|archive-date=17 February 2017|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
St Barnabas' School was established in 1953 by the Bush Brotherhood of St Barnabas. Reginald Halse, Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane unveiled a plaque on 27 September 1952 to mark the site of the new school, a {{Convert|100|acre||abbr=|adj=on}} block of land in anticipation of the school offering agricultural subjects.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172090115|title=NEW SCHOOL|date=3 July 1952|newspaper=Daily Mercury|access-date=6 December 2019|issue=158|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=86|page=1|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42755625|title=NEW SCHOOL FOR RAVENSHOE.|date=4 October 1952|newspaper=Cairns Post|access-date=6 December 2019|issue=15,779|location=Queensland, Australia|page=6|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It closed on 31 October 1990.<ref name="qfhs"/> In 1992, the Queensland Education Department purchased St Barnabas' to establish a separate secondary campus for Ravenshoe State School.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255501749|title=Number of Upgrading Projects in the Torres Strait Region During 1992 School Year|date=31 January 1992|newspaper=Torres News|access-date=6 December 2019|location=Queensland, Australia|page=13|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114025226/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/255501749|url-status=live}}</ref>
Tully Falls State School opened on 9 August 1953. It closed on 31 December 1955.<ref name="qfhs"/>
Ravenshoe Seventh Day Adventist Church is a timber church built in 1980.<ref name="QRPD-4316">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Ravenshoe Seventh Day Adventist Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=4316 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106003403/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=4316 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ravenshoesteamrailway.webs.com/history|title=The History of Ravenshoe Steam Railway 'Capella'|publisher=Ravenshoe Railway Company Ltd|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201414/http://ravenshoesteamrailway.webs.com/history|archive-date=6 April 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
A Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses was built in 1990.<ref name="QRPD-6792">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6792 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111015832/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6792 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The Ravenshoe Library opened in 1992 and had a major refurbishment in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=16|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{{anchor|Ravenshoe, Queensland#Cafe explosion}}Ravenshoe became national news after a vehicle ran into a gas cylinder at the Grigg Street 'Serves You Right Cafe' on 9 June 2015. In the resulting explosion and fire 20 people were hospitalised, 8 critically injured. Two people, the manager of the cafe and an 82-year-old Silver Valley resident, later died from their burns.<ref name="ABC">{{cite web |title=Ravenshoe cafe explosion: Second person dies in Brisbane hospital from blast injuries |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-15/second-person-dies-after-ravenshoe-blast/6546604 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |work=ABC News |date=15 June 2015 |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615132335/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-15/second-person-dies-after-ravenshoe-blast/6546604 |archive-date=15 June 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> {{as of|2015|6|16}} there were still 7 people listed as critical with burn injuries. Five of them were females aged 43, 51, 59 and 75, and three males aged 56, 59 and 69. All were treated in Brisbane, while the driver of the vehicle that caused the explosion, with a broken spine and burns, was also listed as critical and treated in Cairns.<ref name="abc-8th-critical">{{cite news |last1=Purtell |first1=Meg |last2=and |first2=staff |title=Ravenshoe cafe explosion: Eighth person in critical condition in Brisbane hospital |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-13/eighth-person-in-critical-condition-after-ravenshoe-cafe-fire/6543642 |access-date=13 June 2015 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=13 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613024132/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-13/eighth-person-in-critical-condition-after-ravenshoe-cafe-fire/6543642 |archive-date=13 June 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,442 people,<ref name="census11b">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31379|name=Ravenshoe (State Suburb)|access-date=16 June 2015|quick=on}}</ref> while the town of Ravenshoe had a population of 860 people.<ref name="census11a">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL321092|name=Ravenshoe (Urban Centre)|access-date=28 August 2014|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,400 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32420|name=Ravenshoe (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,332 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32396|name=Ravenshoe (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
== Education == Ravenshoe State School is a government primary and secondary (Prep–12) school for boys and girls.<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-03 |title=Ravenshoe State School P-12 |url=https://ravenshoess.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Ravenshoe State School |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302004125/https://ravenshoess.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The school has two campuses; a primary (Prep–6) campus at 10 Ascham Street ({{coord|-17.6126|145.4819|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Ravenshoe State School - Junior Campus}}) and a secondary (7–12) campus at Moore Street ({{coord|-17.6105|145.4887|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Ravenshoe State School}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ravenshoss.eq.edu.au|title=Ravenshoe State School - Junior Campus|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320075746/http://www.ravenshoss.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=20 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> It includes a special education program operating at the Moore Street campus.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 420 students with 46 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 34 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017">{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2017 |url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 385 students with 45 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 39 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |url-status=live }}</ref>
St Teresa's School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 6 Moffatt Street ({{coord|-17.6113|145.4870|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Teresa's School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stteresas.qld.edu.au|title=St Teresa's School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227033440/http://stteresas.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=27 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 103 students with 12 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017" /> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 94 students with 11 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2017"/>
== Amenities == 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.<ref name="C&K">{{cite web|title=C&K Ravenshoe Community Kindergarten|url=http://www.candk.asn.au/ravenshoe|publisher=C&K|access-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611225010/http://www.candk.asn.au/ravenshoe|archive-date=11 June 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The Ravenshoe Millstream Country Club has a 9-hole golf course which is claimed to be the highest golf club in Queensland. Camping and caravan accommodation are available on site, for casual golfers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ravgolf.wixsite.com/rmcc|title=Ravenshoe Millstream Country Club|access-date=30 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727070145/http://ravgolf.wixsite.com/rmcc|archive-date=27 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The Tablelands Regional Council operate a public library at 24 Moore Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/tablelands/ravenshoe_library|title=Ravenshoe Library|date=22 December 2015|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141525/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/tablelands/ravenshoe_library|archive-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The Ravenshoe branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 15 Herbert Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
St Teresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church is on the south-east corner of Moore Street and Moffat Street ({{coord|-17.611055|145.487|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church}}). It is within the Ravenshoe Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns which is administered from the Malanda Parish.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ravenshoe Parish|url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/ravenshoe.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118143225/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/ravenshoe.html|archive-date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020|website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns}}</ref><ref name="QRPD-6212">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6212 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=9 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192153/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6212 |url-status=live }}</ref>
St Barnabas Anglican Church is at 18 Moore Street ({{coord|-17.610325|145.487|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Barnabas Anglican Church}}).<ref name="QRPD-43152"/>
Ravenshoe Seventh Day Adventist Church is at 32 John Street ({{coord|-17.604593|145.487|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Ravenshoe Seventh Day Adventist Church}}).<ref name="QRPD-43162">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Ravenshoe Seventh Day Adventist Church |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=4316 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106003403/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=4316 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ravenshoe Adventist Church |url=https://ravenshoe.adventist.org.au/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Ravenshoe Adventist Church |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301004623/https://ravenshoe.adventist.org.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses is at 13 Tully Falls Road ({{coord|-17.61656|145.487|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses}}).<ref name="QRPD-67922">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6792 |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111015832/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p_n.php?id=6792 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Attractions ==
=== Natural attractions === Ravenshoe is located close to waterfalls, crater lakes, swamps, water holes, rainforests and historical landmarks. There is also a diverse variety of plants and animals, including 12 species of possum, 8 species of kangaroo and abundant bird life.<ref name="visitors">{{cite web|title=Ravenshoe Visitors Centre|url=http://www.ravenshoevisitorcentre.com.au|publisher=Ravenshoe Visitors Centre|access-date=12 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614095456/http://www.ravenshoevisitorcentre.com.au/|archive-date=14 June 2015}}</ref> In 2005, Malaan National Park was declared over forests which were previously known as Dirran State Forest.<ref name="mast">{{cite web |url=http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/managing/plans-strategies/statements/pdf/malaan.pdf |title=Malaan National Park Management Statement 2013 |publisher=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |access-date=28 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903110340/http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/managing/plans-strategies/statements/pdf/malaan.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
=== Bushwalking === Misty Mountain Wilderness trails are a network of extensive walking tracks that traverse Tully Gorge National Park and Wooroonooran National Park. There are bushwalks to the Millstream Falls as well as Little Millstream Falls.<ref name="walks">{{cite book|last1=Dungey|first1=Kym|last2=Whytlaw|first2=Jane|title=Tropical walking tracks of North Queensland|date=2007|publisher=Footloose Publications|location=Kuranda, Qld.|isbn=978-1-876617-14-1|pages=84–146}}</ref>
=== Steam railway === From time to time, a steam train runs between Ravenshoe and the nearby town of Tumoulin, carrying locals and tourists to and from the local markets.<ref name="steam">{{cite web|title=Ravenshoe Railway Company|url=http://www.ravenshoesteamrail.com.au|publisher=Ravenshoe Railway Company Ltd|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614152805/http://www.ravenshoesteamrail.com.au/|archive-date=14 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
=== Other attractions === thumb|Windy Hill Wind Farm near Ravenshoe Ravenshoe has a number of galleries and creative industries, reflecting the nature of the locals. 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.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== Further reading == * {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997070244702061 |title=Schools of the scrub : Ravenshoe district schools 75th anniversary booklet |date=1987 |publisher=Ravenshoe State School?] |isbn=0731604091 |via=State Library of Queensland}} — includes the schools at Evelyn Scrub, Geraldton Road, Horseshoe Bend, Tumoulin, Kaban, Vine Creek, and Chilverton
== External links == {{Commons category|Ravenshoe, Queensland}} * {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/ravenshoe|title=Ravenshoe|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}} * [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-ravenshoe-1972.jpg Town map of Ravenshoe, 1972] *[https://archive.today/20130415214707/http://www.tablelands.org/ravenshoe Tablelands site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150614095456/http://www.ravenshoevisitorcentre.com.au/ Visitors Centre]
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