Mundoo is a rural town and

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in the

Cassowary Coast Region The Cassowary Coast Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Queensland, Innisfail, ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Mundoo had a population of 197 people.

Geography

The locality of Mundoo is to the south of the regional centre of Innisfail. The locality is bounded to the west by the

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

. The town of Mundoo is roughly in the centre of the locality and has a small collection of houses. The town is on the north-eastern side of the Mundoo Aerodrome (). The vast majority of Mundoo is currently under

sugar cane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of 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 stout, jointed, fib ...

cultivation, the main agricultural crop for the region. There are also small pockets of

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s and other tropical fruits such as pawpaw. The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south ( Wangan), passes through the town which was served by the now-abandoned Mundoo railway station (), and exits to the north ( Mighell). There is also a network of

cane tramways The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line. In 2013, it claimed to be the second largest narrow gauge network in the world. The network consists of the following lines: *the N ...

through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.

History

The town takes its name from the Mundoo railway station which was named by the

Queensland Railways Department Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both suburban and interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as long-distance passenger t ...

on 21 August 1919. It is believed to be the name of a local Aboriginal clan. Mundoo Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (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 ...

had been open from 1895), closed in 1931, reopened in 1953 and closed again in 1974. Mundoo Provisional School opened on 5 August 1895. On 1 January 1909 it became Mundoo State School.

Demographics

In the , the locality of Mundoo and the surrounding area had a population of 121 people. In the , the locality of Mundoo had a population of 224 people. In the , the locality of Mundoo had a population of 197 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mundoo. Despite the name, Mundoo State School is within the neighbouring locality of Wangan to the south and is the nearest primary school. The nearest secondary school is

Innisfail State College Innisfail State College is a government secondary school and technical college in Innisfail Estate, a suburb of Innisfail, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a combined secondary school and TAFE facility which opened in 2010 ...

Innisfail Estate Innisfail Estate is a semi-rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Innisfail Estate had a population of 1,454 people. Geography Innisfail Estate is bounded by the Johnst ...

, Innisfail.

References

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland