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Inkerman is a rural town and
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in the
Shire of Burdekin The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River. The shire covers an area of . It has e ...
,
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, Australia. In the , the locality of Inkerman had a population of 119 people.


Geography

Inkerman is bounded to the west 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 Natio ...
and the North Coast railway line. Although most of the locality is flat land (0- above sea level, Inkerman has the following mountains: * Charlies Hill () * Mount Alma () * Mount Inkerman () The predominant land use is growing sugarcane with some
grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...
on native vegetation.


History

Inkerman Post Office opened by 1915 as a
receiving office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
(known for a time as Inkerman Siding) and closed in 1975. Inkerman State School opened on 24 November 1915. It closed on 31 December 1974. It was at 22 Wallace Road (). The school buildings were still on the site in January 2008,


Demographics

In the , the locality of Inkerman had a population of 520 people. In the , the locality of Inkerman had a population of 364 people. In the , the locality of Inkerman had a population of 145 people. In the , the locality of Inkerman had a population of 119 people.


Heritage listings

Inkerman has a number of
heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...
sites, including: * Off Charlie's Hill Road (): Radar Station, Charlie's Hill


Education

There are no schools in Inkerman. The nearest government schools are Home Hill State School (primary) and Home Hill State High School (secondary), both in neighbouring
Home Hill Home Hill is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Home Hill had a population of 2,876 people. At the delta of the Burdekin River, it is a sugarc ...
to the north-west.


Attractions

At the top of Mount Inkerman there are views in all directions as well as picnic facilities. Mount Inkerman Road goes to the top of the mountain. Charlies Hill also has views and the remains of the heritage-listed radar station. Access to the top is via an unsealed road off Charlies Hill Road.


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* * {{authority control Shire of Burdekin Localities in Queensland