Dalrymple Creek is a

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in the

Shire of Hinchinbrook The Shire of Hinchinbrook is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham, covers an area of , and has existed since its cr ...

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, Australia. In the , Dalrymple Creek had a population of 51 people.

Geography

The

Herbert River The Herbert River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert Herbert, Robert George Wyndham Herbert, th ...

forms the south-western boundary of the locality and most of the developed land is on the river flats and predominantly used for growing

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of 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 stout, jointed, fib ...

. The rest of the locality is mountainous and mostly undeveloped except for a section within the Abergowrie State Forest. Mount Cadillah is a named peak in the west of the locality ().

History

The locality takes its name from the Dalrymple Creek which flows through the locality, a tributary of the Herbert River. The creek in named was named after

George Elphinstone Dalrymple George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876) was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He founded the towns of Bowen and Cardwell, and pionee ...

, an explorer, public servant and politician.

Demographics

In the , Dalrymple Creek had a population of 97 people, 48% female and 52% male. The median age of the population was 46 years, 8 years above the national median of 38. In the , Dalrymple Creek had a population of 51 people, 49% female and 51% male. The median age of the population was 54 years, 16 years above the national median of 38.

Education

There are no schools in Dalrymple Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Abergowrie State School in neighbouring Abergowrie to the west and Ingham State School in Ingham to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Ingham State High School, also in Ingham.

References

{{Shire of Hinchinbrook Shire of Hinchinbrook Localities in Queensland