title: Kingsborough, Queensland
text: # Kingsborough, Queensland
  
  Kingsborough is a small historic mining town in the locality of Thornborough in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It was part of the Hodgkinson Minerals Area.
  
  ## History
  
  Kingston Post Office opened around 1876, was renamed Kingsborough in 1877 and closed in 1924.
  
  A Roman Catholic chapel opened in 1878.
  
  The Town of Kingsborough appears on a 1880 survey plan.
  
  Kingsborough State School opened circa 1882 and closed in 1924.
  
  ## Heritage listings
  
  Kingsborough has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
  
  * General Grant Mine, off Dimbulah-Mount Mulligan Road (16°55′22″S 145°01′41″E﻿ / ﻿16.9227°S 145.028°E﻿ / -16.9227; 145.028﻿ (General Grant Mine))
  * Kingsborough Battery, off Kingsborough-Thornborough Road (former East Street, 16°55′39″S 145°02′18″E﻿ / ﻿16.9275°S 145.0383°E﻿ / -16.9275; 145.0383﻿ (Kingsborough Battery))
  * Tyrconnel Mine and Battery, Kingsborough-Thornborough Road (16°56′05″S 145°02′06″E﻿ / ﻿16.9347°S 145.0351°E﻿ / -16.9347; 145.0351﻿ (Tyrconnel Mine and Battery))
  
  ## Education
  
  There are no schools in Kingsborough. The nearest government primary school is Dimbulah State School in Dimbulah to the south; the school also offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest government secondary school is Mareeba State High School in Mareeba to the south-east, but it is probably too distant for a daily commute, with distance education and boarding school as other options.
  
  