| Type: | suburb |
| Murrigal | |
| State: | QLD |
| Coordinates: | -18.0519°N 145.9019°W |
| Pop: | 106 |
| Postcode: | 4854 |
| Area: | 40.9 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 17.5 |
| Dir1: | S |
| Location1: | Tully |
| Dist2: | 68.7 |
| Dir2: | SSW |
| Location2: | Innisfail |
| Dist3: | 156 |
| Dir3: | SSE |
| Location3: | Cairns |
| Dist4: | 194 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Townsville |
| Dist5: | 1553 |
| Dir5: | NNW |
| Location5: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Cassowary Coast Region |
| Stategov: | Hinchinbrook |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Euramo |
| Near-Ne: | Euramo |
| Near-E: | Rockingham |
| Near-Se: | Bilyana |
| Near-S: | Bilyana |
| Near-Sw: | Murray Upper |
| Near-W: | Murray Upper |
| Near-Nw: | Euramo |
Murrigal is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Murrigal had a population of 106 people.
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south (Bilyana) and exits to the north-east (Euramo). The North Coast railway line runs immediately parallel and west of the highway.[2]
The land use is predominantly growing sugarcane with some grazing on native vegetation.[3]
There is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.
Land was reserved for a cemetery on 3 August 1895.[4]
The locality was once served by the now-abandoned Murrigal railway station is an abandoned railway station on the North Coast railway line (-18.0647°N 145.9072°W).[5]
In the, Murrigal had a population of 89 people.
In the, Murrigal had a population of 106 people.
There are no schools in Murrigal. The nearest government primary schools are Murray Upper State School in neighbouring Murray Upper to the south-west and Tully State School in Tully to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School, also in Tully.[6]
Murrigal Cemetery is on a 0.61ha site on the eastern side of the Bruce Highway (-18.0641°N 145.9078°W).[7] It is operated by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and new burials are restricted to those who already have reserved graves or have a family connection with those already buried there.