Wrotham, Queensland


Wrotham is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the, Wrotham had a population of 27 people.

Geography

The Mitchell River forms the northern boundary. The Walsh River flows through from the south to the north-west corner, where it joins the Mitchell.
The Burke Developmental Road enters the locality from the west and exits to the east.
The locality's boundaries are also the boundaries of the Wrotham Park Station, a cattle station owned by Consolidated Pastoral Company, where the land use is grazing on native vegetation.

History

In 1874, Alexander Charles Grant was involved in establishing Wrotham Park pastoral station on the Mitchell River in 1874. The meat was sold on the Normanby and Palmer goldfields. However, unable to establish a wholesale distrubution arrangement and having contracted malaria, he sold his share of Wrotham Park in 1878.

Demographics

In the, Wrotham had "no people or a very low population".
In the, Wrotham had a population of 27 people.

Transportation

The Wrotham Park Airport is at the homestead on the Burke Developmental Road. It has a runway.

Education

There are no schools in Wrotham nor nearby. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.