For the Australian Indigenous people, see
Gulngay .
Suburb of Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Gulngai is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region , Queensland , Australia.[ 3] In the 2021 census , Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".[ 1]
Gulngai's postcode is 4855.[ 2]
Geography
The locality is bounded by the ridgeline of the Walter Hill Range (midpoint 17°45′S 145°48′E / 17.75°S 145.8°E / -17.75; 145.8 (Walter Hill Range ) ) to the south-west.[ 4] [ 5] The ridgeline forms a drainage divide with the creeks rising on the range within Gulngai contributing to the Johnstone River basin which enters the Coral Sea between Flying Fish Point and Coquette Point .[ 5] There are two named peaks on the ridgeline:
with the terrain falling to 20 metres (66 ft) above sea level on the boundary with Japoonvale .[ 5]
The entire locality is a protected area with the north of the locality within the Wooroonooran National Park and the south of the locality within the Japoon National Park .[ 5]
There is only one road in the locality, Sutties Gap Road, which passes through the north-western corner of the locality, entering from Mamu to the north and exiting to Koombooloomba / Palmerston in the north-west.[ 5]
History
The Walter Hill Range was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 7 October 1873, after botanist Walter Hill , a member of Dalyrmple's 1873 expedition from Cardwell to the Endeavour River and the first curator of the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens .[ 4]
The locality was officially named and bounded on 21 January 2000.[ 3]
Demographics
In the 2016 census , Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".[ 8]
In the 2021 census , Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".[ 1]
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