The shopping centre includes two supermarkets and North Queensland's first community bank (2005). In August 1910, the Inkerman estate was resumed by the Queensland Government under the Closer Settlement Act.A tent school was opened in the district on 23 March 1913 but was replaced by the Inkerman State School on 25 October 1913 which was renamed Home Hill State School on 19 January 1914.A low-level railway bridge was built across the river in 1913 enabling a railway link between Ayr and The farming allocations were taken up to grow sugar cane and the town developed quite quickly after the establishment of the Inkerman sugar mill in 1914.

Home Hill, a rural town, is 75 km south-east of central Townsville and 11 km from Ayr. Both towns are governed by the Burdekin Shire Council. The ACS adheres to definitions of race and ethnicity set forth by the 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards. However, the rice industry collapsed in Queensland in 1994 when the Queensland Rice Marketing Board experienced financial difficulties bringing this crop to an end in the Home Hill area. Home Hill Powerhouse is a heritage-listed power station at First Avenue, Home Hill, Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.It was built from c. 1921 to 1922.
Placed near a lagoon and surveyed in 1911, it was named Holme Hill.

Map of Home Hill, QLD 4806 Home Hill is a town and locality in the Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. The power house was converted to a mill for processing rice grown in the Burdekin Irrigation Area. The Burdekin River forms the locality's north-western boundary. Home Hill lies approximately 98 kilometres (61 mi) south of Townsville and 1,269 kilometres (789 mi) north of the state capital Brisbane on the Bruce Highway.
Aware of the good supplies of bore water for irrigation the Government proceeded as the petitioners requested. It is situated south of the Burdekin River on the Lower Burdekin delta.

Hollow spears driven down into the gravel beds drew a good supply of water, and power plants were needed to raise the water to farm level. Fountain Hills is currently growing at a rate of 0.77% annually and its population has increased by 12.84% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 22,489 in 2010. . The Home Hill Health Service provides inpatient care and outpatient services via a visiting medical officer. Yuru (also known as Juru, Euronbba, Juru, Mal Mal, Malmal) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuru country.

The show began as a modest event and in 1935 secured its own ground on the irrigation reserve.

Local time in Home Hill (Queensland), Australia. Premier Theodore officially opened the power house in 1922. The court house closed in 1991 after which it was occupied by a tourist information centre and then local radio station Sweet FM.Home Hill's own newspaper the ''Home Hill Observer'' commenced in 1923 under proprietor and editor Thomas (Tom) Jackson, relocating offices a number of times over the years.

In June 2014, the newspaper ceased publication; the then editor was David Jackson, grandson of Tom.The Home Hill Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society held its first The first Home Hill Harvest Festival was held in 1963.Home Hill State High School opened on 28 January 1964.Some farmers began to experiment with rice in the 1960s with a local rice mill opening in 1968. It is situated south of the Burdekin River on the Lower Burdekin delta.The area was part of the Inkerman pastoral estate (1862) which by the end of the century was held by the North Australian Pastoral Company.

A flooded Burdekin, nevertheless, could separate injured people from the Ayr hospital, and a road bridge was not built until 1923. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 August 2004.