Bamboo Creek is a rural
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Cassowary Coast Region
The Cassowary Coast Region is a local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Cardwell and Tully. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Bamboo Creek had a population of 94 people.
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Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-east by the north branch of the watercourse Bamboo Creek and to east and partly to the south by south branch of Bamboo Creek. The creek is a tributary of the South Johnstone River
The Johnstone River, comprising the North Johnstone River and the South Johnstone River, is a river system located in Far North Queensland, Far North and North Queensland, North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river system rise ...
.grazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...
on native vegetation. The predominant crop is sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
, grown mostly in the north and east of the locality.
History
In the , Bamboo Creek had a population of 94 people.
References
{{Cassowary Coast Region
Cassowary Coast Region
Localities in Queensland