Forty Mile is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

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 ...

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 , Forty Mile had a population of 18 people.

Geography

The

Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills. It runs roughl ...

loosely forms most of the eastern boundary of the locality, making the locality part of the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin, specifically within the catchment of the

Mitchell River Mitchell River may refer to: Australia *Mitchell River (Queensland) *Mitchell River (Victoria) *Mitchell River (Western Australia) *Mann River (New South Wales) is sometimes referred to as Mitchell River. Canada *Mitchell River (Cross River) *Mit ...

. 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 ...

rises in the locality and forms part of the north-west boundary; it is a tributary of the Mitchell River. Two tributaries of the

Tate River The Tate River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river rise under Three Mile Mountain in the Great Dividing Range. Formed by the confluence of the Packsaddle Creek and California Creek, the river flows east t ...

, the Sandy Tate River and the Rocky Tate River, also rise in the locality. The

Kennedy Highway The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. It runs as National Route 1 for approximately 243 km from Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Developmental Road in the vicinity of Forty Mile Sc ...

enters the locality from the east ( Gunnawarra) and exits to the south-east ( Minnamoolka), where it becomes the

Kennedy Developmental Road The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. It runs as National Route 1 for approximately 243 km from Smithfield, Queensland, Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Developmental Road in the vic ...

at the intersection with the

Gulf Developmental Road Gulf Developmental Road is an Australian highway linking the Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and Normanton, Queensland, Normanton regions in northern Queensland, Australia. It is the only sealed (Asphalt concrete, asphalt) road linking these two reg ...

. The Gulf Developmental then enters Forty Mile from the south-east (Minnamoolka) and exits to the south ( Mount Surprise). Ootann Road crosses the northern part of the locality, entering from the north-east (Gunnawarra) and exiting to the north-west ( Barwidgi). Forty Mile has the following mountains (from north to south): * Dicky Hill () * Wandoo Hill () * Mount Mist () * Lost Pinnacle () The Forty Mile Scrub National Park is in the south-east corner of the locality, extending into neighbouring Minnammolka.

Undara Volcanic National Park The Undara Volcanic National Park is a National parks of Australia, national park in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. It is situated southwest of Cairns just off the Gulf Developmental Road. The park was established in 2009 to ...

is in the southern tip of the locality, extending into neighbouring Mount Surprise and beyond. Apart from these protected areas, 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 with some crop growing near the Forty Mile Scrub National Park.

Demographics

In the , Forty Mile had a population of 20 people. In the , Forty Mile had a population of 18 people.

Education

There are no schools in Forty Mile. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Surprise State School in neighbouring Mount Surprise to the south-west and Mount Garnet State School in

Mount Garnet Mount Garnet is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Garnet had a population of 532 people. Geography Various small communities populate the area around Mount Garnet. These ...

to the north-east. However, students living near the centre of the locality might be too distant to attend either of these schools. Also, there are no secondary schools nearby. The alternatives are

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...

and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland