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Suburb of Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 17.7483°S 145.8119°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4855[2] | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 20–1,068 m (66–3,504 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 272.5 km2 (105.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Gulngai's postcode is 4855.[2]
The locality is bounded by the ridgeline of the Walter Hill Range (midpoint 17.75°S 145.8°E) 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]
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]
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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