Moresby, Queensland

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Moresby
Queensland
Moresby is located in Queensland
Moresby
Moresby
Coordinates17°37′57″S 146°01′41″E / 17.6325°S 146.0280°E / -17.6325; 146.0280 (Moresby (town centre))Coordinates: 17°37′57″S 146°01′41″E / 17.6325°S 146.0280°E / -17.6325; 146.0280 (Moresby (town centre))
Population149 (2016 census locality)[1]
 • Density11.04/km2 (28.59/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4871
Area13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Moresby:
Boogan Martyville New Harbourline
Basilisk Moresby Cowley Beach
Warrubullen Sandy Pocket Cowley

Moresby is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 149 people.[1]

Geography[]

The town is north of centre within the locality. It is bounded in the north-east by the Moresby River, in the south-east by its tributary Little Moresby Creek and in the south by its tributary Boobah Creek.[4]

The Bruce Highway traverses the locality from south to north, passing through the town. The North Coast railway line traverses the locality from the south-west to the north-west, passing to the west of the town, but there is no railway station within the locality. There are sugarcane tramways in the locality.[4]

Most of the land in the locality is flat and low-lying (10 metres about sea level) and is used for crops, principally sugarcane. The land in the far west of the locality rises up toward peaks in neighbouring Basilisk; the lower levels are used for grazing while the upper levels are not cleared.[4]

History[]

The town takes its name from the Moresby Range, which was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple after hydrographer Captain John Moresby of HMS Basilisk.[2][5]

Moresby State School opened on 31 August 1915.[6] It closed on 9 September 2014.[7]

In the 2016 census the locality of Moresby had a population of 149 people.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moresby (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Moresby – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22804)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Moresby – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45733)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Moresby – mountain range in the Cassowary Coast Regin (entry 22806)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. ^ "Register of Recent School Openings, Closures and Name Changes". Department of Education and Training. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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