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Kirrama is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.


Geography

The locality is bounded to the south and west by the Herbert River. The
Blencoe Falls The Blencoe Falls is a segmented waterfall on the Blencoe Creek, located in Kirrama, Tablelands Region, in Far North Queensland, Australia. Location and features The falls are situated in the Girringun National Park approximately north of ...
are within the south of the locality and the
Herbert River Falls The Herbert River Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Herbert River that is located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. Location and features The falls are located on the northern bou ...
are on the boundary of Kirrama and Wairuna. The Blencoe Falls are on the Wet Tropics Great Walk.


History

The locality takes its name from the Kirrama pastoral run in 1870s. The name is thought to be the Indigenous language group name ''Keremai'' or ''Kirimai'' local to the area. In the , Kirrama had a population of 9 people.


References

{{Tablelands Region Tablelands Region Localities in Queensland