Lamb Range

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Lamb Range
Queensland
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Waterfall near Copperlode Falls Dam, 2008
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Lamb Range
Coordinates 17°02′52″S145°41′19″E / 17.0477°S 145.6886°E / -17.0477; 145.6886
Population0 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.0000/km2 (0.000/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4870
Area229.5 km2 (88.6 sq mi)
LGA(s) Cairns Region
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Lamb Range:
Speewah
Koah
Barron Gorge
Redlynch
Kanimbla
Mooroobool
Earlville
Bayview Heights
Mareeba Lamb Range Mount Sheridan
Bentley Park
Edmonton
Mount Peter
Danbulla Gadgarra
Goldsborough
Gordonvale
Little Mulgrave

Lamb Range is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Lamb Range had "no people or a very low population". [1]

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Geography

The locality takes its name from the mountain range Lamb Range. [3]

The locality that lies to the west of most of the southern suburbs of Cairns. It is undeveloped mountainous land rising from the coastal plains (elevation of less than 50 metres above sea level) up through the Great Dividing Range (with elevations up to 1200 metres) towards the Atherton Tableland. The land use is entirely committed to national parks and reserves. Dinden National Park and Lake Morris Reserve are in the north of the locality with Little Mulgrave National Park in the south. A small area in the west is in the Danbulla National Park. [4]

There is only one road through the locality. The Gillies Range Road (also known as the Gillies Highway) passes through the south of the locality connecting Gordonvale in the Cairns Region with Atherton in the Tablelands Region. Lake Morris Road commences in Kanimbla and passes through Mooroobool and then travels through Lamb Range to Lake Morris but does not extend beyond the dam. [4]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Lamb Range had "no people or a very low population". [5]

In the 2021 census, Lamb Range had "no people or a very low population". [1]

Attractions

View from the Gillies Lookout off the Gillies Highway, 2011 Gillies Lookout - panoramio.jpg
View from the Gillies Lookout off the Gillies Highway, 2011

The Gillies Range Road is a 19 kilometres (12 mi) long road which ranges from an elevation of 20 metres to 820 metres. The road is winding with 263 corners and has a number of lookouts. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lamb Range (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Lamb Range – locality in Cairns Region (entry 48724)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. "Lamb Range – range in the Tablelands Region (entry 18847)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lamb Range (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. "Atherton Tablelands: From Cairns". Tropical Tablelands Tourism. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

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