Fossilbrook

Fossilbrook
Fossilbrook; Queensland
	Fossilbrook
Coordinates	17°51′34″S144°15′25″E / 17.8594°S 144.2569°E Coordinates: 17°51′34″S144°15′25″E / 17.8594°S 144.2569°E
Postcode(s)	4871
Area	500.0 km2 (193.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Shire of Mareeba
State electorate(s)	Cook
Federal Division(s)	Kennedy
	Suburbs around Fossilbrook:

Last updated April 02, 2019

Fossilbrook is a locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.

The Shire of Mareeba is a local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, covered an area of 53,610.8 square kilometres (20,699.2 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several councils in the Atherton Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region.

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References

↑ "Fossilbrook - locality in Shire of Mareeba (entry 48641)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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[qpnl-1] "Fossilbrook - locality in Shire of Mareeba (entry 48641)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 30 December 2017.