Bulleringa is a rural

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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 ...

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, Australia. In the , Bulleringa had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

''Dickson Creek'', a tributary of the ''

Lynd River The Lynd River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The headwaters of the river rise in the Forty Mile Scrub National Park in the Great Dividing Range a ...

'', flows through from south to north. The

Bulleringa National Park Bulleringa is a national park in Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 1,448 km northwest of Brisbane. The park protects a unique array of vegetation communities and wildlife. The average elevation of the terrain is 325 metres. 170 diffe ...

occupies all of the locality, extending south into neighbouring Abingdon Downs. There is no public access to this national park to protect its vegetation and wildlife.

History

Bulleringa's traditional owners are the Ewamian and Wakamin people. British settlement in the area began in the 1890s with a tin mine. A

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wagon and mail route from

Chillagoe Chillagoe is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Chillagoe had a population of 214 people. It was once a thriving mining town for a range of minerals, but is now reduced to a small ...

to Georgetown commenced the early 1890s and passed through the area until the route was abandoned in the 1930s. Significant pastoral development began in 1946, when the Martin family established a homestead. Bulleringa National Park was gazetted in 1994.

Demographics

In the , Bulleringa had "no people or a very low population". In the , Bulleringa had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in or near Bulleringa. The alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland