Gunyarra, Queensland
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Gunyarra is a rural
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in the
Whitsunday Region The Whitsunday Region is a Local government areas of Queensland, local government area located in North Queensland, North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending ...
,
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 , Gunyarra had a population of 30 people.


Geography

The locality is bounded by the
Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...
to the east. The North Coast railway line enters from the south-east ( Thoopara) and exits to the north ( Kelsey Creek / Goorganga Creek). Gunyarra railway station is an abandoned railway station in the south of the locality on the railway line (). The
Whitsunday Coast Airport Whitsunday Coast Airport , also known as Proserpine Airport, is located in Gunyarra, Queensland, Australia, south of Proserpine. The airport serves the mainland and offshore islands with flights to Brisbane ( Alliance Airlines, Jetstar, Vir ...
(formerly Proserpine Airport) is in the south of the locality, west of the railway line (). The land in the east of the locality is used for irrigated cropping, mostly
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 ...
. A cane tramway network passes through the south-east of the locality to deliver harvested sugarcane to the Prosperine sugar mill in Proserpine to the north. The west of the locality is predominantly 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.


History

The locality takes its name from the railway station which is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ''
crocodile Crocodiles (family (biology), family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The term "crocodile" is sometimes used more loosely to include ...
''.


Demographics

In the , Gunyarra had a population of 16 people. In the , Gunyarra had a population of 30 people.


Education

There are no schools in Gunyarra. The nearest primary school is Proserpine State School in Proserpine to the north. The nearest secondary school is
Proserpine State High School Proserpine State High School (established in 1963) is a public high school in the town of Proserpine in Queensland, Australia. History Campus The school was established in 1963. Since then, several buildings have been refurbished and a num ...
in Proserpine.


Amenities

On Lascelles Road in the north-east of the locality are race tracks () used by the Whitsunday Dirt Riders Club and the Whitsunday Sporting Car Club.


References

{{Whitsunday Region Whitsunday Region Localities in Queensland