Fletcher

Fletcher is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

Fletcher is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Fletcher had a population of 92 people.

In 1872 Thomas Henry Fletcher established the Britannia Hotel in present-day Ballandean. He planted a small orchard beside his hotel. While he was successful at fruit growing, most of the interest in the district was in mining.The locality of Fletcher is presume to be named after the Fletcher railway station (28.7660°S 151.8475°E? / -28.7660; 151.8475? (Fletcher railway station)), which was named by the Queensland Railways Department in 1887, after orchardist Thomas Henry Fletcher, who pioneered the growing of fruit in the Granite Belt area.In the 2016 census, Fletcher had a population of 92 people.