Biboohra is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Biboohra had a population of 561 people.

Geography

The town is close to the southern boundary of the locality. The

Mulligan Highway The Mulligan Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 266 km between Mareeba and Cooktown, on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula where it terminates. It is signed as State Route 81 from Mareeba to ...

traverses the locality from the south (

Mareeba Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning ''meeting of the water ...

) to the west ( Southedge), passing the western edge of the town. The

Tablelands railway line The Tablelands railway line is a railway line in North Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1887 and 1916. It commences at Cairns and at its maximum extent, reached Ravenshoe at the southern end of the ...

traverses the locality from the south (Mareeba) to the east ( Koah), passing the eastern edge of the town. Historically, the locality was served by a number of now-abandoned railway stations (from south to north): * Biboohra railway station () * Pukanja railway station () * Bilwon railway station () * Kambul railway station () The Barron River flows through the locality from south to east passing to the immediate east of the town. The Bilwon State Forest is in the south-east of the locality. Most of the locality is used for farming with both grazing cattle and cropping, including mangoes, turf, and

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History

The town takes its name from its railway station, which in turn was named in 1884. It is believed that ''Biboohra'' is an Aboriginal name for the

Barron Falls Barron Falls ( Aboriginal: ''Din Din'') is a steep tiered cascade waterfall in Kuranda, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. The falls are created by the Barron River descending from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain. In ...

. The Biboohra Meatworks operated intermittently from 1896 to 1927. Biboohra Provisional School opened on 20 January 1902, becoming Biboohra State School on 1 January 1909. Mud Park Australia iwas an obstacle course on land and on water to be tackled using amphibious all-terrain vehicles. As at 2022, it has closed.

Demographics

In the , the locality of Biboohra had a population of 568 people. In the , the locality of Biboohra had a population of 561 people.

Education

Biboohra State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Petersen Street (). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 91 students with 6 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 86 students with 6 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Biboohra. The nearest government secondary school is

Mareeba State High School Mareeba State High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located in the town of Mareeba, in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 790 students and a teaching staff of 64, as of ...

in neighbouring

to the south.

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