Canterbury, Queensland
# Canterbury, Queensland

Canterbury is a small abandoned settlement in the locality of Windorah in Shire of Barcoo in Central West Queensland, Australia. The JC Hotel Ruins are located at this site.

## Geography

Canterbury's closest neighbour is Morney which is also the name of its closest river. It is located on the Diamantina Developmental Road.

## History

In the late 1860s, pastoralist John Costello set up camp at a waterhole in the area and carved his initials in a nearby tree. The place afterwards was known as JC Waterhole. By the 1870s it had become the headquarters of the Native Police detachment in the region under Sub-Inspector William Gough. In the early 1880s the JC Hotel was established and in 1884 the settlement was renamed Canterbury.

Canterbury Post Office opened on 1 January 1891 (a receiving office had been open from 1888) and closed in 1920.

