Porcupine Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 20°05′21″S144°20′06″E / 20.0891°S 144.335°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 39 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4821 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 8,318.6 km2 (3,211.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Flinders | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Traeger | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Porcupine is an outback locality in the Shire of Finders, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Porcupine had a population of 39 people. [3]
The drainage divide created by the Great Dividing Range runs from north to south near the eastern boundary of the locality. As a consequence, the terrain in the locality is mountainous with the following named peaks (from north to south):
Numerous creeks rise in this area flowing into valleys west towards inland Queensland where they eventually become tributaries of the Flinders River which flows through the Gulf Country to the Gulf of Carpentaria. In contrast, the South Gregory River rises to the east of the divide and flows eventually into the Burdekin River which enters the Coral Sea at Upstart Bay, east of Ayr. [23]
The Kennedy Developmental Road enters the locality from north (Lyndhurst) and exits to south (Hughenden / Prairie). [23]
Some small areas of the locality are part of a number of national parks including Porcupine Gorge National Park (which protects the Porcupine Gorge created by Porcupine Creek, entirely within the southern part of the locality), White Mountains National Park (extending south-east into Torrens Creek) and Blackbraes National Park (extending north into Lyndhurst). [23]
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation. [23]
The locality was named and bounded on 23 February 2001. [2] The name is believed to derive from the appearance of the spiky leaves of the spinifex bushes in the area. In particular the Triodia scariosa is commonly known in Australia as "porcupine grass". [24]
In the 2016 census, Porcupine had a population of 49 people. [25]
In the 2021 census, Porcupine had a population of 39 people. [3]
There are no schools in Porcupine. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Hughenden State School and Hughenden State High School, both in neighbouring Hughenden to the south-west. However, these schools would only be within range of a daily commute for the southern part of Porcupine. Options for students living further north in Porcupine would be distance education and boarding school. [23]
Within the Porcupine Gorge Naitonal Park, there are two lookouts:
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