Chewko 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 , Chewko had a population of 213 people.

Geography

Chewko has the following mountains: * Mount Abbot () * Mount Aunt () * Mount Uncle () Chewko railway station is on 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 ...

().

Demographics

In the Chewko had a population of 194 people. In the , Chewko had a population of 213 people.

Education

There are no schools in Chewko. The nearest government primary schools are Mareeba State School in neighbouring

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 north-east and Walkamin State School in neighbouring Walkamin to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Mareeba State High School in Mareeba.

Attractions

Granite Gorge Nature Park is known for its large

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

rock formations and Mareeba rock wallabies. It is at 332 Paglietta Road ().

References

{{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland