Mount Mulgrave, Queensland

Mount Mulgrave
Queensland
Mount Mulgrave is located in Queensland
Mount Mulgrave
Mount Mulgrave
Coordinates16°17′23″S 143°53′32″E / 16.2897°S 143.8922°E / -16.2897; 143.8922
Population11 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.0078/km2 (0.0203/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4871
Area1,403.4 km2 (541.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Shire of Mareeba
State electorate(s)Cook
Federal division(s)Leichhardt
Suburbs around Mount Mulgrave:
Palmer Palmer Palmer
Gamboola Mount Mulgrave Groganville
Wrotham Wrotham Bellevue

Mount Mulgrave is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Mulgrave had a population of 11 people.[1]

History

Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.[3]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Mount Mulgrave had "no people or a very low population".[4]

In the 2021 census, Mount Mulgrave had a population of 11 people.[1]

Geography

The Mitchell River forms the southern boundary.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Mulgrave (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Mount Mulgrave – locality in Shire of Mareeba (entry 48787)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Mulgrave (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ "Mount Mulgrave, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 14 August 2021.