Highland Plains is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Highland Plains had a population of 16 people.

Geography

Round Mountain is in the east of the locality (), rising to above sea level. The

Carnarvon Highway Carnarvon Highway is a state highway in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, linking the township of Rolleston in Queensland's Central Highlands Region, via the town of St George, eventually to Moree in northern New South Wales. It is ...

passes to the west through neighbouring Injune. The Injune Taroom Road enters the locality from the north-west ( Injune) and exits to the north-east ( Beilba / Pony Hills). The land use is

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.

Demographics

In the , Highland Plains had a population of 5 people. In the , Highland Plains had a population of 16 people.

Education

There are no schools in Highland Plains. The nearest government primary schools are Injune State School in neighbouring Injune to the west and Bymount State School in Bymount to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Injune State School (to Year 10). There are no nearby schools providing education to Year 12; the alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Maranoa Region Maranoa Region Localities in Queensland