About Charleville
Charleville is known as the heart of Queenslands 'Mulga Country'. It is the largest town in the south west outback region, boasting a rich history and incredible flora and fauna.
The area around Charleville was first explored by Edmund Kennedy during his 1847 journey through the area. At the time he was trying to solve the riddle of the rivers. His expedition succeeded in establishing that the waterways in Central Queensland, particularly the Barcoo, which Thomas Mitchell had called the 'Victoria', flowed south into the Channel country rather than north into the Gulf of Carpentaria. During this expedition Kennedy passed within 10 km of the present site of Charleville.
By the 1860s the area was being settled and as early as 1866 a pub and a general store had appeared on the site of modern-day Charleville.