| Desailly Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Desailly landscape, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
  Desailly | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°25′36″S144°53′50″E / 16.4266°S 144.8972°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,130.7 km2 (436.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Mareeba | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
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Desailly is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Desailly had "no people or a very low population". [1]
Desailly has the following mountains in the east of the locality:
The Mulligan Highway enters the locality from the south-east (Mount Carbine) and exits to the north (Lakeland). [6]
The Mitchell River forms part of the locality's south-eastern boundary. The locality is with the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin, specifically within the catchment of the Mitchell River. [7]
In 2019, the Desailly Renewal Energy Park was proposed as a large solar and wind farm to be established in Desailly and neighbouring Mount Carbine. [9] [10] Concerns were raised about tree felling and risks to biodiversity. [11]
In the 2016 census, Desailly had "no people or a very low population". [12]
In the 2021 census, Desailly had "no people or a very low population". [1]
Most of the localiy is within the Curraghmore & Spring Hill pastoral station. [13]
There are no schools in Desailly. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Molloy State School in Mount Molloy to the south-east which serves the eastern part of the locality and Lakeland State School in neighbouring Lakeland to the north which serves the north-western part of the locality. However, the south-west of the locality is too distant for either of these schools. Also, there are no secondary schools serving the locality. Distance education and boarding school are the alternatives. [14]
