Gulngai is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Gulngai had "no people or a very low population". Gulngai's postcode is 4855.

Geography

The locality is bounded by the ridgeline of the Walter Hill Range (midpoint ) to the south-west. The ridgeline forms a drainage divide with the creeks rising on the range within Gulngai contributing to the

Johnstone River The Johnstone River, comprising the North Johnstone River and the South Johnstone River, is a river system in Far North and North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river system rise in the Atherton Tablelands. The north branch o ...

basin which enters the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down t ...

between Flying Fish Point and Coquette Point. There are two named peaks on the ridgeline: * Mount Coleridge () at above sea level * Mount Marquette () at above sea level with the terrain falling to above sea level on the boundary with Japoonvale. The entire locality is a protected area with the north of the locality within the

Wooroonooran National Park Wooroonooran National Park (Aboriginal for "Black Rock") is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,367 km northwest of Brisbane, between Innisfail, Queensland, Innisfail and Cairns. The park is one of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Wet ...

and the south of the locality within the

Japoon National Park Japoon is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,306 km northwest of Brisbane. The park forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of a range of bir ...

. There is only one road in the locality, Sutties Gap Road, which passes through the north-western corner of the locality, entering from Mamu to the north and exiting to Koombooloomba / Palmerston in the north-west.

History

The Walter Hill Range was named by explorer

George Elphinstone Dalrymple George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876) was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He founded the towns of Bowen and Cardwell, and pionee ...

on 7 October 1873, after botanist

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, a member of Dalyrmple's 1873 expedition from Cardwell to the

Endeavour River The Endeavour River ( Guugu Yimithirr: ''Wabalumbaal''), inclusive of the Endeavour River Right Branch, the Endeavour River South Branch, and the Endeavour River North Branch, is a river system located on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queens ...

and the first curator of the

Brisbane City Botanic Gardens The City Botanic Gardens (formerly the Brisbane Botanic Gardens) is a heritage-listed botanic garden on Alice Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was also known as Queen's Park. It i ...

. The locality was officially named and bounded on 21 January 2000.

Demographics

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

References

{{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland