Mount Mackay, Queensland

Suburb of Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia

Mount Mackay
Queensland

View of Mount Mackay from Feluga, 2023

Mount Mackay

Coordinates| 17°56′14″S 145°59′56″E﻿ / ﻿17.9372°S 145.9988°E﻿ / -17.9372; 145.9988﻿ (Mount Mackay (centre of locality))
Population| 0 (2021 census)[1]
• Density| 0.000/km2 (0.00/sq mi)
Postcode(s)| 4854
Area| 37.7 km2 (14.6 sq mi)
Time zone| AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location|

* 13.8 km (9 mi) E of Tully
* 59.5 km (37 mi) S of Innisfail
* 147 km (91 mi) S of Cairns
* 220 km (137 mi) NNW of Townsville
* 1,582 km (983 mi) NNW of Brisbane

LGA(s)| Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)| Hill
Federal division(s)| Kennedy
| Suburbs around Mount Mackay:

Birkalla
Merryburn | East Feluga | Granadilla
Tully | Mount Mackay | Tam O'Shanter
Silky Oak | Lower Tully | Carmoo

Mount Mackay is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population".[1]

## Geography

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The Mount Mackay National Park fully occupies the locality.[3] It forms part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, a World Heritage Site.

The mountain Mount Mackay is at the south-west of the locality and stands at 724 metres (2,375 ft) above sea level. In the centre of the locality the elevation falls to 10 metres (33 ft) in the valley of Carmoo Creek, and then rises towards the Tam O'Shanter Range at the north-east of the locality, with two peaks on the boundary itself: Mount Tam O'Shanter 381 metres (1,250 ft) and Mount Douglas 339 metres (1,112 ft). The national park provides a safe habitat for the mahogany glider and the southern cassowary.[4]

## History

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The locality takes its name from the mountain. In 2005, the Mount Mackay National Park was created from the Mount Mackay State Forest.[4]

## Demographics

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In the 2016 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population".[5]

In the 2021 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population".[1]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Mackay, Queensland.

1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Mackay (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. ^ "Mount Mackay – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45734)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
4. ^ a b "Mount Mackay National Park". Parks and Forests. Queensland Government. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Mackay (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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Towns and localities in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland

* Bamboo Creek
* Basilisk
* Belvedere
* Bilyana
* Bingil Bay
* Birkalla
* Bombeeta
* Boogan
* Bulgun
* Camp Creek
* Cardstone
* Cardwell
* Carmoo
* Carruchan
* Coconuts
* Comoon Loop
* Cooroo Lands
* Coorumba
* Coquette Point
* Cowley
* Cowley Beach
* Cowley Creek
* Cullinane
* Currajah
* Damper Creek
* Daradgee
* Daveson
* Dingo Pocket
* Djarawong
* Djiru
* Dunk
* East Feluga
* East Innisfail
* East Palmerston
* Eaton
* El Arish
* Ellerbeck
* Etty Bay
* Eubenangee
* Euramo
* Feluga
* Fitzgerald Creek
* Flying Fish Point
* Friday Pocket
* Garners Beach
* Garradunga
* Germantown
* Googarra Beach
* Goolboo
* Goondi
* Goondi Bend
* Goondi Hill
* Granadilla
* Gulngai
* Hinchinbrook
* Hudson
* Hull Heads
* Innisfail
* Innisfail Estate
* Jaffa
* Japoon
* Japoonvale
* Jarra Creek
* Jubilee Heights
* Jumbun
* Kennedy
* Kooroomool
* Kurrimine Beach
* Lower Cowley
* Lower Tully
* Lumholtz
* Maadi
* Mamu
* Maria Creeks
* Martyville
* McCutcheon
* Mena Creek
* Merryburn
* Midgenoo
* Midgeree Bar
* Mighell
* Mission Beach
* Moresby
* Mount Mackay
* Mourilyan
* Mourilyan Harbour
* Mundoo
* Munro Plains
* Murray Upper
* Murrigal
* Nerada
* New Harbourline
* Ngatjan
* No. 4 Branch
* No. 5 Branch
* No. 6 Branch
* O'Briens Hill
* Palmerston
* Pin Gin Hill
* Rockingham
* Rungoo
* Sandy Pocket
* Shell Pocket
* Silkwood
* Silky Oak
* South Innisfail
* South Johnstone
* South Mission Beach
* Stockton
* Stoters Hill
* Sundown
* Tam O'Shanter
* Tully
* Tully Heads
* Upper Daradgee
* Utchee Creek
* Vasa Views
* Walter Hill
* Walter Lever Estate
* Wangan
* Wanjuru
* Warrami
* Warrubullen
* Webb
* Wongaling Beach
* Wooroonooran

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