Greycliffe is a rural

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in the

Shire of Banana The Shire of Banana is a local government area located in the Capricorn region of Queensland, Australia, inland from the regional city of Gladstone. The shire was named after the first township in the region (Banana), which in turn was named ...

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, Australia. In the , Greycliffe had a population of 22 people.

Geography

The terrain is mountainous in the centre and west of the locality, up to above sea level. It is part of the Banana Range. This area is within the Overdeen State Forest. The eastern edge of the locality is lower, down to above sea level. This eastern land is predominantly used for

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 with some cropping.

History

Greycliffe State School opened on 11 November 1935. It closed on 17 December 1993. It was on the corner of Belldeen Greycliffe Road and Prospect Creek Goovigen Road (), now over the boundary into

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. In the , Greycliffe had a population of 22 people.

Education

There are no schools in Greycliffe. The nearest primary schools are Goovigen State School in neighbouring

Goovigen Goovigen is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Goovigen had a population of 215 people. A second town, Rannes (), is also within the locality of Goovigen, near its western boundary ...

to the north, Jambin State School in neighbouring Jambin to the east, Prospect Creek State School in

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to the south-east and Banana State School in

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to the south-west. The nearest secondary school is Biloela State High School in

Biloela Biloela ( ) is a rural town and locality in Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated inland from the port city of Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of Banan ...

to the south-east.

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Education

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