Esmeralda, Queensland


Esmeralda is a rural locality in the Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia. In the, Esmeralda had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The Richmond–Croydon Road runs through from south to north.
The land use is grazing on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from a local hill named on 30 September 1873 by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple.

Demographics

In the, Esmeralda had a population of 21 people.
In the, Esmeralda had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Esmeralda nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality: