A WOMAN aged in her 60s has been repeatedly stabbed in the Queensland city of Mount Isa.

Police have charged a 42-year-old local woman with grievous bodily harm.

It's alleged the older woman, 62, suffered knife wounds to her back and chest at a suburban property yesterday afternoon.

She was taken to Mount Isa Base Hospital for treatment.

The charged woman is due to face Mount Isa Magistrates Court today.