Gunyarra is a rural

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in the

Whitsunday Region The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local governmen ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Gunyarra had a population of 16 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded by the

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Na ...

to the east. The North Coast railway line enters from the south-east ( Thoopara) and exits to the north ( Kelsey Creek / Goorganga Creek). Gunyarra railway station is an abandoned railway station in the south of the locality on the railway line (). The

Whitsunday Coast Airport Proserpine Airport (also known as Whitsunday Coast Airport) is located in Gunyarra, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia, south of Proserpine, Queensland, Proserpine. The airport serves the mainland and offshore islands with flights to Br ...

(formerly Proserpine Airport) is in the south of the locality, west of the railway line (). The land in the east of the locality is used for irrigated cropping, mostly

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 ...

. A cane tramway network passes through the south-east of the locality to deliver harvested sugarcane to the Prosperine sugar mill in Proserpine to the north. The west of the locality 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.

History

The locality takes its name from the railway station which is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''

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''. In the , Gunyarra had a population of 16 people.

Education

There are no schools in Gunyarra. The nearest primary school is Proserpine State School in Proserpine to the north. The nearest secondary school is

Proserpine State High School Proserpine State High School (established in 1963) is a public high school in the town of Proserpine in Queensland, Australia. History Campus The school was established in 1963. Since then, several buildings have been refurbished and a num ...

in Proserpine.

Amenities

On Lascelles Road in the north-east of the locality are race tracks () used by the Whitsunday Dirt Riders Club and the Whitsunday Sporting Car Club.

References

{{Whitsunday Region Whitsunday Region Localities in Queensland