Seventy Mile is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2021 census, Seventy Mile had a population of 204 people.^[3]

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Seventy Mile Queensland
Gold mining town of Mount Leyshon, circa 1890
Seventy Mile
Coordinates	20.6188°S 146.5833°E / -20.6188; 146.5833 (Seventy Mile (centre of locality))
Population	204 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	4820
Area	6,269.3 km2 (2,420.6 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	108 km (67 mi) S of Charters Towers 244 km (152 mi) SSW of Townsville 1,289 km (801 mi) NNW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Charters Towers Region
State electorate(s)	Traeger
Federal division(s)	Kennedy
Suburbs around Seventy Mile: Black Jack Broughton Ravenswood Campaspe Seventy Mile Mount Wyatt Campaspe Llanarth Mount Coolon

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The locality is bounded to the east by Lake Dalrymple, which is the impoundment of a number of rivers, including the Burdekin River (which bounds the locality to the north-east) and its tributary the Broughton River (which bounds the locality to the north), and by the Suttor River (which bounds the locality to the south-east).^[4]

The terrain is mountainous with numerous named peaks:^[4]

• Black Knob (20.2612°S 146.1866°E / -20.2612; 146.1866 (Black Knob)) 415 metres (1,362 ft)^[5][6]
• Blackfellow Mountain (The Pinnacles) (20.3808°S 146.8353°E / -20.3808; 146.8353 (Blackfellow Mountain (The Pinnacles))) 342 metres (1,122 ft)^[5][7]
• Camp Oven Mountain (20.3733°S 146.8030°E / -20.3733; 146.8030 (Camp Oven Mountain)) 446 metres (1,463 ft)^[5][8]
• Cornishman (20.1496°S 146.4289°E / -20.1496; 146.4289 (Cornishman)) 345 metres (1,132 ft)^[5][9]
• Matthews Pinnacle (20.2463°S 146.3408°E / -20.2463; 146.3408 (Matthews Pinnacle)) 370 metres (1,210 ft)^[5][10]
• Mount Alma (20.6224°S 146.6370°E / -20.6224; 146.6370 (Mount Alma)) 250 metres (820 ft)^[5][11]
• Mount Billygoat (20.5386°S 146.3366°E / -20.5386; 146.3366 (Mount Billygoat)) 310 metres (1,020 ft)^[5][12]
• Mount Clarke (20.8819°S 146.7624°E / -20.8819; 146.7624 (Mount Clarke)) 262 metres (860 ft)^[5][13]
• Mount Cooper (20.4947°S 146.8114°E / -20.4947; 146.8114 (Mount Cooper)) 496 metres (1,627 ft)^[5][14]
• Mount Deane (20.3362°S 146.4076°E / -20.3362; 146.4076 (Mount Deane)) 430 metres (1,410 ft)^[5][15]
• Mount Farrenden (20.3056°S 146.1915°E / -20.3056; 146.1915 (Mount Farrenden)) 490 metres (1,610 ft)^[5][16]
• Mount Janet (20.5419°S 146.4460°E / -20.5419; 146.4460 (Mount Janet)) 513 metres (1,683 ft)^[5][17]
• Mount Mawe (20.2927°S 146.2779°E / -20.2927; 146.2779 (Mount Mawe)) 475 metres (1,558 ft)^[5][18]
• Mount Molly Darling (20.5208°S 146.4492°E / -20.5208; 146.4492 (Mount Molly Darling)) 370 metres (1,210 ft)^[5][19]
• Mount Nolan (20.5062°S 146.3660°E / -20.5062; 146.3660 (Mount Nolan)) 370 metres (1,210 ft)^[5][20]
• Mount Ross (20.5568°S 146.4349°E / -20.5568; 146.4349 (Mount Ross)) 430 metres (1,410 ft)^[5][21]
• Mount Sebastopol (20.7212°S 146.6964°E / -20.7212; 146.6964 (Mount Sebastopol)) 230 metres (750 ft)^[5][22]
• Mount Sunrise (20.4299°S 146.4352°E / -20.4299; 146.4352 (Mount Sunrise)) 490 metres (1,610 ft)^[5][23]
• Quinton Hill (21.0987°S 146.8453°E / -21.0987; 146.8453 (Quinton Hill)) 210 metres (690 ft)^[5][24]
• Seventy Mile Mountain (20.2439°S 146.3466°E / -20.2439; 146.3466 (Seventy Mile Mountain)) 435 metres (1,427 ft)^[5][25]

In addition, there were previously two other mountains in the north-west of the locality which no longer exist as they were excavated as part of the Mount Leyshon gold mine:^[5]

• the former Mount Leyshon (20.2897°S 146.2736°E / -20.2897; 146.2736 (Mount Leyshon (former))) originally 518 metres (1,699 ft)^[26][4]
• the former Golden Horn (20.2911°S 146.2722°E / -20.2911; 146.2722 (Golden Horn (former)))^[27][4]

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.^[4]

The gold mine at Mount Leyshon was developed in 1888.^[28]

Mount Leyshon Provisional School opened circa 1890 and became Mount Leyshon State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1927 due to low attendances. It reopened in 1930 before finally closing circa 1931.^[29]

The Mount Leyshon mine reopened as an open pit mine in 1987 and operated until 2002. During that time, it produced 2.5 million ounces of gold and 2.3 million ounces of silver.^[30][31]

In the 2016 census, Seventy Mile had a population of 231 people.^[32]

In the 2021 census, Seventy Mile had a population of 204 people.^[3]

There are no schools in Seventy Mile.^[33]

For students living in the north of the locality, the nearest government primary schools are Millchester State School in Millchester in Charters Towers and Charters Towers Central State School in Charters Towers CBD, while the nearest government secondary school is Charters Towers State High School, also in Charters Towers CBD. There are also non-government schools in Charters Towers.^[33]

For students living in the north-east of the locality, the nearest government primary school is Ravenswood State School in Ravenswood to the north-east, but the nearest secondary schools are in Charters Towers and probably too distant for these students with the options being distance education and boarding school.^[33]

For students in other parts of the locality, there are no nearby schools and the options are distance education and boarding school.^[33]