Garrawalt is a rural

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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 , Garrawalt had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The locality is loosely bounded to the north by 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 ...

, which separates the mountainous terrain of the locality from the flat sugarcane farming areas of Abergowrie to the north. Garrawalt has the following mountains: * Mount Facing in the south-east (), rising to above sea level * The Pinnacles in the north of the locality (), rising to Most of the locality is within the

Girringun National Park Girringun National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, approximately southwest of Ingham, north of Townsville and northwest of Brisbane. The park is one of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area series of national parks, and is ...

except for some small areas adjacent to the Herbert River which are flatter lower land ( above sea level) using for farming.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 27 April 2001.

Demographics

In the , Garrawalt had "no people or a very low population". In the , Garrawalt had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Girrawalt. The nearest government primary school is Abergowrie State School in neighbouring Abergowrie to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Ingham State High School in Ingham to the south-east.

References

{{Shire of Hinchinbrook Shire of Hinchinbrook Localities in Queensland