| The Leap Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  The Leap | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°03′50″S149°01′22″E / 21.0638°S 149.0227°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 642 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 11.588/km2 (30.01/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4740 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 55.4 km2 (21.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Mackay Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Whitsunday | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Dawson | ||||||||||||||
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The Leap is a coastal rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census The Leap had a population of 642 people. [1]
The locality is bounded to the north-west by Constant Creek and to the north by its mouth ( 21°00′00″S149°01′00″E / 21.0000°S 149.0167°E ) into the Coral Sea. [3] Sand Bay is offshore ( 20°57′00″S149°03′13″E / 20.95000°S 149.0536°E ). [4] [5] [6]
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south-east (Farleigh) and exits to the south-west (Hampden). The North Coast railway line follows a similar route to the north of the highway but there are no railway stations on that line serving the locality. [6] There is a network of cane tramways in the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the sugar mill for processing. [7]
The locality has a number of named peaks, including:
The Leap is named for a historical event in which it is widely believed an Aboriginal woman carrying her child leapt off a cliff to evade capture by the Queensland Native Police circa 1860. [11]
A census estimate of approximately 200 Aboriginal men, women and children are believed to have resided in the Mandarana area at the beginning of the white settlement advancing on the area with pastoral leases north of the Pioneer River. [12]
The North Coast railway line reached The Leap in 1924[ citation needed ] with the area being served by the following now-abandoned stations (from south to north):
In the 2011 census, The Leap had a population of 673 people. [13]
In the 2016 census The Leap had a population of 642 people. [1]
The Leap Provisional School opened on 13 March 1893. On 1 January 1909 it became The Leap State School. In 1919 Arthur Edward Hunter (of The Leap Hotel) donated 1.1786 hectares (2.912 acres) of land for the school. [14] The school closed on 8 August 1969. [15] As the land had been donated for school purposes, the usual practice was that the land was returned to the donor or their heirs. Two people made claims to be Hunter's relatives, the Queensland Government did not find the claims to be proven and decided in 1988 to sell the land and kept the proceeds. [14] The school was at 2105 Maraju Yakapari Road ( 21°04′12″S149°00′30″E / 21.0700°S 149.00847°E ). [16] [17] [6]
The Leap has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
A sculpture representing Koweha, holding a shawl, was erected outside a local hotel in the area, circa 1980s.
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