Kalunga is a rural

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in the

Tablelands Region The Tablelands Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas ...

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 , Kalunga had a population of 103 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 the northern boundary of the locality. The ''Wild River'' forms a small part of the eastern boundary before flowing through to the south-west. ''Basalt Creek'' forms the south-western boundary before joining the ''Wild''. Longlands Gap–Herberton Road (State Route 52) runs along part of the eastern boundary. The Herberton–Petford Road runs along most of the north-eastern boundary. The southern part of the locality is within the Bluff State Forest. Apart from this protected area, the predominant 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 with a small amount of crop growing.

History

The Tablelands railway line from

Herberton Herberton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Herberton had a population of 895 people. Geography Herberton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is situate ...

to Tumoulin opened on 31 July 1911.Kerr 1990, p. 225 The line closed in 1988. Kalunga was served by three railway stations, now abandoned (from north to south): * Tepon railway station () * Kalunga railway station () * Flaggy Creek railway station ()

Demographics

In the , Kalunga had a population of 95 people. In the , Kalunga had a population of 103 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kalunga. The nearest government primary school is Herberton State School in neighbouring

to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Herberton State School (to Year 10), Atherton State High School (to Year 12) in Atherton to the north-east, and Ravenshoe State School (to Year 12) in

Ravenshoe Ravenshoe ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Ravenshoe had a population of 1,332 people. Geography Ravenshoe is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is ...

to the south-east.

Facilities

Despite the name, the Wondecla Rural Fire Station is at 5 Flaggy Creek Road in Kalunga ().

References

Sources

* {{Tablelands Region Tablelands Region Localities in Queensland