Glen Boughton

Glen Boughton is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Glen Boughton is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In 2016 census, Glen Boughton had a population of 28.

By 1887, Messrs Clayton and John Hill had established a farm called Glen Boughton Estate raising cattle on cultivated grasses and were obtaining dairy cows as Cairns was experiencing increased demand for milk and butter. Their original plan was to grow sugarcane but changes in legislation about the use of Kanaka workers meant they decided to switch to dairying.In 1888 the Glen Boughton farm consisted of 110 acres (45 ha) of which 260 acres (110 ha) were cleared with 120 acres being let to a Chinese gardener. They were experimenting with various kinds of fodder crop to see which was most productive on their land. Clayton appears to have left the farm to the sole owernship of John Hill by 1900; John Hill and his wife Mary Jane continued the farm until both had died (1933 and 1948 respectively).On 11 February 1989 the locality was established and named after the Glen Boughton Estate.