Gulngai, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Gulngai
State:qld
Coordinates:-17.7483°N 145.8119°W
Pop:0
Postcode:4855[1]
Area:272.5
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:31.7
Dir1:NW
Location1:Tully
Dist2:85.3
Dir2:SW
Location2:Innisfail
Dist3:173
Dir3:S
Location3:Cairns
Dist4:238
Dir4:NNW
Location4:Townsville
Dist5:1573
Dir5:NNW
Location5:Brisbane
Lga:Cassowary Coast Region
Stategov:Hill
Fedgov:Kennedy
Near-N:Mamu
Near-Ne:Japoonvale
Near-E:No 4 Branch
Jaffa
Near-Se:Shell Pocket
Maadi
Near-S:Walter Hill
Near-Sw:Walter Hill
Near-W:Koombooloomba
Near-Nw:Palmerston
Elevation:20-1068

Gulngai is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the, Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".

Gulngai's postcode is 4855.[1]

Geography

The locality is bounded by the ridgeline of the Walter Hill Range (midpoint -17.75°N 145.8°W) to the south-west.[3] 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. There are two named peaks on the ridgeline:

with the terrain falling to 20m (70feet) above sea level on the boundary with Japoonvale.

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.

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.

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.

The locality was officially named and bounded on 21 January 2000.[2]

Demographics

In the, Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".

In the, Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".

Notes and References

  1. https://auspost.com.au/postcode/gulngai Gungai Postcode
  2. 18 September 2020.
  3. 18 September 2020.
  4. 18 September 2020.
  5. 8 November 2020.