Bilyana, Queensland
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Bilyana is a coastal
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in the Cassowary Coast Region,
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, Australia. In the , Bilyana had a population of 190 people.


Geography

The ''
Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...
'' forms the eastern boundary, and the '' Murray River'' part of the northern. The Bruce Highway runs through from south-west to north-west. Bilyana railway station is on the North Coast railway line (). The main land use is
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 in the north of the locality and growing
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 ...
in the south of the locality. The residential areas are in the south and south-west of the locality.


History

Girramay (also known as Giramay, Garamay, Giramai, Keramai) is a language of Far North Queensland, particularly the area around Herbert River Catchment taking in the towns of
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and Ingham. The Girramay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Cassowary Coast and Hinchinbrook Regional Councils.


Demographics

In the , Bilyana had a population of 180 people. In the , Bilyana had a population of 190 people.


Education

There are no schools in Bilyana. The nearest government primary school is Murray River Upper State School in neighbouring Murray Upper to the west and Kennedy State School in neighbouring
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to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the north.


References

{{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland