Speewah is a

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in the

Shire of Mareeba The Shire of Mareeba is a Local government in Australia, local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, Queensland, Mare ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Speewah had a population of 850 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 Sc ...

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.

Demographics

In the , Speewah had a population of 855 people. In the , Speewah had a population of 850 people.

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