world.wikisort.org - Australia
Moresby is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 149 people.[1]
| Moresby Queensland | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Moresby | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17.6325°S 146.0280°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 149 (2016 census locality)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 11.04/km2 (28.59/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Geography
The town is north of centre within the locality. It is bounded in the north-east by the Moresby River, in the south-east by its tributary Little Moresby Creek and in the south by its tributary Boobah Creek.[4]
The Bruce Highway traverses the locality from south to north, passing through the town. The North Coast railway line traverses the locality from the south-west to the north-west, passing to the west of the town, but there is no railway station within the locality. There are sugarcane tramways in the locality.[4]
Most of the land in the locality is flat and low-lying (10 metres about sea level) and is used for crops, principally sugarcane. The land in the far west of the locality rises up toward peaks in neighbouring Basilisk; the lower levels are used for grazing while the upper levels are not cleared.[4]
History
The town takes its name from the Moresby Range, which was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple after hydrographer Captain John Moresby of HMS Basilisk.[2][5]
Moresby State School opened on 31 August 1915.[6] It closed on 9 September 2014.[7]
In the 2016 census the locality of Moresby had a population of 149 people.[1]
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moresby (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "Moresby – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22804)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- "Moresby – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45733)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "Moresby – mountain range in the Cassowary Coast Regin (entry 22806)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- "Register of Recent School Openings, Closures and Name Changes". Department of Education and Training. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
External links
- "Town map of Moresby". Queensland Government. 1973.
Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии