Hughenden is a town in
Queensland, Australia
situated on the banks of the
Flinders River.

Hughenden is located on the
Flinders Highway, 376
kilometres (234 mi) west of
Townsville and 1,400
kilometres (870 mi) north-
west of Brisbane, the state
capital. The region around
Hughenden is a major centre
for the grazing of sheep and
cattle. The main feed is
annual grasses known as
Flinders grass, which grow
rapidly on the (by Australian
standards) fertile grey or
brown cracking clay soils
after rain between
November and March.
However, because the rainfall
is extremely erratic — at
Hughenden itself it has
ranged from 126 millimetres
(5 in) in 1926 to 1,051
millimetres (41 in) in 1950 —
droughts and floods are
normal and stock number
fluctuate greatly.