Speewah is a
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Shire of Mareeba
The Shire of Mareeba is a local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from ...
,
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 , Speewah had a population of 855 people.
Geography
The
Kennedy Highway
The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. It runs as National Route 1 for approximately 243 km from Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Developmental Road in the vicinity of Forty Mile S ...
is the north-west boundary of the locality.
The terrain is mountainous with individual peaks including Yalbogie Hill at , North Peak at and Mount Williams at .
The south-eastern part of the locality are in
Dinden National Park and Speewah Conservation Park.
Education
There are no schools in Speewah. Kuranda District State College in neighbouring
Kuranda offers both primary and secondary schooling.
References
{{Shire of Mareeba
Shire of Mareeba
Localities in Queensland