Welcome to the Flinders Shire Council

The Hub of the Mid West

Hughenden is the business and commercial centre of the Flinders Shire.  Other townships within the Shire are  Prairie,  Torrens Creek and  Stamford.    Hughenden is situated on the banks of Queensland longest river, the Flinders and is located on the Overlander's Way (Flinders Highway). 

Hughenden has direct road access to a number of major centres and tourist attractions within the region.  A major highway links Hughenden to Townsville (376km) and Mount Isa (519km) with a southern sealed road access via the Dinosaur Way to Winton and Longreach.  For those wanting to travel north there is a good gravel and sealed road to the Atherton Tablelands and Cairns.   

The Flinders Shire is predominantly a grazing area with basalt red and black volanic soil country north of Flinders River consists of cattle properties, with the black soil downs country south of Hughenden providing suitable grazing land for sheep and cattle.  

Flinders Shire has many attractions to offer with the Flinders Discovery Centre providing extensive information on national parks, gemfields, mountainous volcanic basalt country, sweeping black soil plains, rich fossil, dinosaur areas and the history arts and culture of the region.