Tam O'Shanter is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Tam O'Shanter had a population of 0 people.[1]
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Coordinates | 17.9138°S 146.0616°E / -17.9138; 146.0616 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.000/km2 (0.00/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4852 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Tam O'Shanter (17.9129°S 146.0394°E / -17.9129; 146.0394 (Mount Tam O'Shanter)) is at the westernmost point of the locality, rising to 381 metres (1,250 ft).[3] [4] From the mountain, the locality is bounded to the south-west by the Tam O'Shanter Range.[5]
The locality is entirely within a number of protected areas, mostly within the Djiru National Park but with a small area in the south-east of the locality being within the Tam O'Shanter Forest Reserve.[5]
The locality presumably takes its name from Tam O'Shanter Point on the coastline nearby. The point was named by Captain Owen Stanley of HMS Rattlesnake after the barque Tam O'Shanter, which carried Edmund Kennedy's ill-fated expedition to North Queensland in 1848.[6][Note 1]
Towns and localities in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland | |
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