Broken River is a rural

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in the

Mackay Region The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869. It has an estimat ...

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 , Broken River had a population of 18 people.

Geography

The watercourse Broken River rises in the

Clarke Range The Clarke Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, is a rainforest-covered mountain range located in North Queensland, Australia. The range is located approximately from the Coral Sea and west of the coastal city of Mackay. The highest poin ...

Crediton Crediton is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 road, A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton, north w ...

to the south-east, entering the locality from the locality from the south-east, then flowing west through the locality, exiting to the west ( Eungella). It subsequently flows through the Eungella Dam and ultimately is a tributary of the Bowen River. The Eungella Dam Road enters the locality from the north-west (Eungella), forms part of the western boundary of the locality, before crossing through the locality, exiting to the south (Crediton). The north, east, and south of the locality is within the

Eungella National Park Eungella National Park ( ; meaning "Land of the clouds") is a protected area in Queensland, Australia. It is on the Clarke Range at the end of the Pioneer Valley 80 km west of Mackay, and 858 km northwest of Brisbane. Eunge ...

, which extends in neighbouring Eungella,

Netherdale Netherdale is a sports complex in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, consisting of two adjacent stadiums used for rugby union and Association football, football. The rugby ground is the home of Gala RFC and was formerly used by the professional Border ...

, and Crediton. Apart from this protected area, the land use is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation.

Demographics

In the , Broken River had a population of 22 people. In the , Broken River had a population of 18 people.

Education

There are no schools in Broken River. The nearest government primary school is Eungella State School in neighbouring Eungella to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Mirani State High School in Mirani to the east.

Attractions

The Broken River visitor area of the

is on the Eungella Dam Road immediately to the south of its crossing of the Broken River (). It offers

platypus The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypi ...

viewing and walking tracks, with picnic, BBQ, and camping areas. Broken River Mountain Resort is a commercial accommodation provider at 524 Eungella Dam Road, immediately north of the Broken River adjacent to the Eungella National Park ().

References

External links

* {{Mackay Region Mackay Region Localities in Queensland