Type: | suburb |
Pin Gin Hill | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -17.5641°N 145.9519°W |
Pop: | 191 |
Postcode: | 4860 |
Area: | 17.0 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 12.3 |
Dir1: | SW |
Location1: | Innisfail |
Dist2: | 91.0 |
Dir2: | S |
Location2: | Cairns |
Dist3: | 262 |
Dir3: | NNW |
Location3: | Townsville |
Dist4: | 1613 |
Dir4: | NNW |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Cassowary Coast Region |
Stategov: | Hill |
Fedgov: | Kennedy |
Near-N: | Upper Daradgee |
Near-Ne: | Stoters Hill Bamboo Creek |
Near-E: | Currajah |
Near-Se: | No 6 Branch |
Near-S: | No 6 Branch |
Near-Sw: | No 6 Branch |
Near-W: | Coorumba |
Near-Nw: | Ngatjan |
Pin Gin Hill is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Pin Gin Hill had a population of 191 people.
The South Johnstone River forms the south-western and southern boundary of the locality, while the Johnstone River forms the north-western boundary.[2]
Pin Gin Hill is in the east of the locality (-17.563°N 145.9552°W), rising to above sea level.[3] [4]
The Palmerston Highway enters the locality from the north-east (Stoters Hill) and exits to the west (Coorumba).[5]
The South Johnstone sugar mill operates a cane tramway route through the locality.[6]
The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation, growing sugarcane and other tropical crops, and some rural residential housing.[7]
In the, Pin Gin Hill had a population of 175 people.
In the, Pin Gin Hill had a population of 191 people.
There are no schools in Pin Gin Hill. The nearest government primary schools are Mundoo State School in Wangan to the east and Goondi State School in Goondi Bend to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate, Innisfail, to the north-east.[8]