East Barron is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , East Barron had a population of 278 people.

Geography

The Barron River forms most of the western boundary of the locality flowing into Lake Tinaroo (created by the

Tinaroo Dam The Tinaroo Dam, officially the Tinaroo Falls Dam, is a major ungated concrete gravity dam, gravity dam with a Spillway#Types, central ogee spillway across the Barron River (Queensland), Barron River located on the Atherton Tableland in Far Nor ...

) which then forms the northern boundary of the locality. Peterson Creek, also flowing into Lake Tinaroo, forms the north-east boundary of the locality, while Gwynne Creek forms the south-western boundary of the locality, before crossing the locality to become a tributary of the Barron River. The elevation ranges from in the north of the locality near Lake Tinaroo to in the south of the locality. There is small chain of hills known as The Pinnacles in the north of the locality with heights up to . The Curtin Fig National Park and (despite the name) the Yungaburra National Park are in the east of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the land is used for

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 and growing a variety of crops including

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

. In the north of the locality, the Gilles Range Road enters the locality from the north-east (

Yungaburra Yungaburra is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,272 people. Geography Yungaburra is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. The ...

) and exits to the west ( Atherton). Further south, the Malanda–Atherton Road enters the locality from the south-east ( Upper Barron) and exits to the west (Atherton).

History

East Barron State School opened on 28 April 1915 and closed on 1964. It was at 331 East Barron Road ().

Demographics

In the , East Barron had a population of 234 people. In the , East Barron had a population of 278 people.

Heritage listings

East Barron has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...

sites, including: *

Curtain Fig Tree Curtain Fig Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Curtain Fig Tree Road, East Barron, Queensland, East Barron near Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the largest trees in Tropical North Queensland, Australia, and one ...

, Curtain Fig Tree Road

Education

There are no schools in East Barron. The nearest government primary schools are Yungaburra State School in neighbouring

to the east and Malanda State School in Malanda to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Atherton State High School in Atherton to the west and Malanda State High School in Malanda to the south-east.

Attractions

The

is a very large example of a strangler fig and is estimated to be over 500 years old ().

References

{{Tablelands Region Tablelands Region Localities in Queensland