Gulngai is a rural

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in the Cassowary Coast Region,

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, Australia. In the , Gulngai had a population of 0 people. Gulngai's postcode is 4855.

Geography

The locality is bounded by the ridgeline of the Walter Hill Range (midpoint ) to the south-west. The ridgeline forms a drainage divide with the creeks rising on the range within Gulngai contributing to the

Johnstone River The Johnstone River, comprising the North Johnstone River and the South Johnstone River, is a river system located in Far North and North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river system rise in the Atherton Tablelands. The north ...

basin which enters the

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between Flying Fish Point and Coquette Point. There are two named peaks on the ridgeline: * Mount Coleridge () at above sea level * Mount Marquette () at above sea level with the terrain falling to above sea level on the boundary with

Japoonvale Japoonvale is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Japoonvale had a population of 141 people. The town of Japoon is in the north-east of the locality (). History The town was named by surveyor W.J. ...

. The entire locality is a protected area with the north of the locality within the Wooroonooran National Park and the south of the locality within the

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. There is only one road in the locality, Sutties Gap Road, which passes through the north-western corner of the locality, entering from Mamu to the north and exiting to Koombooloomba /

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in the north-west.

History

The Walter Hill Range was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 7 October 1873, after botanist Walter Hill, a member of Dalyrmple's 1873 expedition from

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to the Endeavour River and the first curator of the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens. The locality was officially named and bounded on 21 January 2000. In the , Gulngai had a population of 0 people.

References

{{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland