Moresby Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 17°37′57″S 146°01′41″E / 17.6325°S 146.0280°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 150 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 11.1/km2 (28.8/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 | ||||||||||||||
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Moresby is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 150 people. [1]
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]
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 in August 1915 with 11 students with teacher Miss Mary Agnes McGuigan. [6] [7] It closed on 9 September 2014. [8] The school was at 2-20 Moresby Road ( 17°38′05″S 146°01′42″E / 17.63466°S 146.02829°E). [9] The school's website was archived. [10]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 149 people. [11]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 150 people. [1]