Granadilla is a rural

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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 ...

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, Australia. In the , Granadilla had a population of 101 people.

Geography

The locality is loosely bounded to the west, south-west, south, south-east and east by the Walter Hill Range. There is considerable difference in the elevation within the locality from in the ranges in the south through to in the north of the locality. Consequently, numerous creeks rise in the ranges in the south and flow through the central valley towards the north of the locality. The higher more mountainous land in the south is undeveloped. Some

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 occurs in the lower slopes in the south of the locality. In the low-lying north of the locality, the land use is predominantly 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 ...

History

Granadilla State School opened in 1937 and closed circa 1941. It was on the southern corner of Granadilla Road and Banfield Road (). The locality was officially named and bounded on 21 January 2000.

Demographics

In the , Granadilla had a population of 88 people. In the , Granadilla had a population of 101 people.

Education

There are no schools in Granadilla. The nearest government primary schools are El Arish State School in

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to the north-west and Mission Beach State School in

Wongaling Beach Wongaling Beach is a tropical beachside coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wongaling Beach had a population of 1,245 people. Geography The locality takes its name from th ...

to the east. The nearest government secondary school is

Tully State High School Tully is a town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway, approximately south of Cairns by road and north of Townsville. At the , the population was 2,390. Tully is perhaps best kno ...

in Tully to the south-west.

References

{{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland