Gulngai, Queensland

For the Australian Indigenous people, see Gulngay.

Gulngai
Queensland
Gulngai is located in Queensland
Gulngai
Gulngai
Coordinates17°44′54″S 145°48′43″E / 17.7483°S 145.8119°E / -17.7483; 145.8119 (Gulngai (centre of locality))
Population0 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.0000/km2 (0.000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4855[2]
Elevation20–1,068 m (66–3,504 ft)
Area272.5 km2 (105.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Gulngai:
Palmerston Mamu Japoonvale
Koombooloomba Gulngai No 4 Branch
Jaffa
Walter Hill Walter Hill Shell Pocket
Maadi

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Gulngai (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Gungai Postcode Australia Post
  3. ^ a b "Gulngai – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45706)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Walter Hill Range – range in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 36388)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Mount Coleridge – mountain in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 7713)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Mount Marquette – mountain in Cassowary Coast Regional (entry 21070)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gulngai (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata