Emerald is currently a 3-star accredited Queensland Tidy Town. Tell us what you think by voting in the poll – you can give a 1-to-5-star rating! https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ZCWMSvG0gvjtmXG2GJFW3gHaEo?w=287&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=7&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7&rm=3 History and Geography Facts The town takes its name from the pastoral run Emerald Downs, a name chosen circa 1860 by pastoralist Peter Fitzallan Macdonald. It has been claimed that the origin of that name relates to the finding of th