| Mount Mackay Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 View of Mount Mackay from Feluga, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
  Mount Mackay | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°56′14″S145°59′56″E / 17.9372°S 145.9988°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (SAL 2016) [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4854 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 37.7 km2 (14.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Mackay is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population". [4]
The Mount Mackay National Park fully occupies the locality. [5] It forms part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, a World Heritage Site.
The mountain Mount Mackay is at the south-west of the locality and stands at 724 metres (2,375 ft) above sea level. In the centre of the locality the elevation falls to 10 metres (33 ft) in the valley of Carmoo Creek, and then rises towards the Tam O'Shanter Range at the north-east of the locality, with two peaks on the boundary itself: Mount Tam O'Shanter 381 metres (1,250 ft) and Mount Douglas 339 metres (1,112 ft). The national park provides a safe habitat for the mahogany glider and the southern cassowary. [6]
The locality takes its name from the mountain. In 2005, the Mount Mackay National Park was created from the Mount Mackay State Forest. [6]
In the 2016 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population". [7]
In the 2021 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population". [4]
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Mount Elliot is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It contains the mountain of the same name. In the 2021 census, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population".
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Granadilla is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Granadilla had a population of 101 people.
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Eungella Hinterland is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Eungella Hinterland had a population of 4 people.
Eungella Dam is a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. IIn the 2021 census, Eungella Dam had a population of 4 people.
Tam O'Shanter is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Tam O'Shanter had a population of 0 people.
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Lumholtz is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Lumholtz had a population of 0 people.
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Walter Hill is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Walter Hill had a population of 0 people.
Maadi is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Maadi had a population of 49 people.
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