Located on the Flinders Highway, the small town of Richmond sits neatly between Hughenden and Julia Creek. While tourism is on the rise for this hamlet, there is a strong history and continuation of sheep and cattle farming. Richmond is also a location for many recent paleontological discoveries of rarely seen marine life, which has birthed a new festival, the Richmond Outback Fossil Festival, held bi-annually in April.
Richmond is located 1710 km (18 hr drive) north west of Brisbane and 400 km (4 hr 30 min drive) west of Mount Isa.
View the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships online portal to identify the Indigenous language group/s for Richmond.
- Population:
- 522
- Airport:
- Airport
- Arts & Culture:
- Australia Council Profile - Kennedy
- Local Electorate:
- Richmond Shire Council
- State Electorate:
- Mount Isa
- Federal Electorate:
- Kennedy
- Weather:
- 29°C overcast clouds
