| Rookwood Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Rookwood | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°01′54″S144°13′13″E / 17.0316°S 144.2202°E Coordinates: 17°01′54″S144°13′13″E / 17.0316°S 144.2202°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,383.5 km2 (534.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 241 km (150 mi) W of Cairns | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Mareeba | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Rookwood 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.
Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).
