Mulgrave Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 19°57′16″S 147°02′02″E / 19.9544°S 147.0338°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 19 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4807 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 819.8 km2 (316.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Burdekin | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Burdekin | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Mulgrave is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mulgrave had a population of 19 people.[3]
Although the Shire of Burdekin is mostly lower-lying land used for growing sugarcane, Mulgrave in the south-west of the shire has more mountainous terrain, with a number of named peaks and gorges (from north to south):
There is some crop growing (including sugarcane) in the lower north-eastern part of the locality, but otherwise the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.[10]
The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001.[2]
In the 2016 census, Mulgrave had a population of 21 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, Mulgrave had a population of 19 people.[3]
There are no schools in Mulgrave. The nearest government primary schools are Clare State School in neighbouring Clare to the north-east and Millaroo State School in neighbouring Millaroo to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Home Hill State High School in Home Hill to the north-east. However, it is too distant from much of the locality for a daily commute and the options are distance education and boarding school.[12]