Balberra is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Balberra had a population of 425 people.

Geography

The northern boundary of the locality is Sandy Creek, the southern boundary is Bell Creek and Alligator Creek, and the western boundary is B L Creek. The eastern tip of the locality is at the joint mouth of Sandy Creek and Alligator Creek as they flow into the

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. The

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...

passes through the locality from the north ( Chelona) to the south east ( Alligator Creek). The North Coast railway line passes through the locality to the west of the highway; Balberra railway station serves the locality. The predominant land use is growing crops, particularly sugar cane. There is a network of cane tramways in the locality to transport the harvested cane to the sugar mills.

History

The locality appears to take its name from the Balberra railway station, which in turn was named in 1913 by J. Strachan, the Mackay railway traffic manager in the

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, and takes its name from an Aboriginal word meaning ''creek''.

Demographics

In the , Balberra had a population of 457 people. In the , Balberra had a population of 425 people.

Education

There are no schools in Balberra. The nearest primary schools are in the neighbouring localities of Chelona and Alligator Creek. The nearest secondary schools are in

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and

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References

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