Little Mulgrave is a rural

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in the

Cairns Region The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. ...

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 , Little Mulgrave had a population of 269 people.

Geography

Queensland State Archives 1264 Little Mulgrave River near Gordonvale c 1935

The western part of the locality is the valley of the Little Mulgrave River and the eastern part of the locality is the valley of the

Mulgrave River The Mulgrave River, incorporating the East Mulgrave River and the West Mulgrave River, is a river system in Far North Queensland, Australia. The -long river flows towards the Coral Sea and is located approximately south of . Location and feat ...

. The

Gillies Range Road The Gillies Highway is a road that runs from Gordonvale in the Cairns Region through the Gillies Range (part of the Great Dividing Range) to Atherton in the Tablelands Region, both in Queensland, Australia. Its official name is Gillies Range ...

runs through the locality connecting Gordonvale and the lower localities in the Cairns Region with the

Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau, which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the B ...

. A discontiguous section of 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 ...

is in the eastern end of the locality. The developed land is mainly around the rivers as the ground rises sharply into the more mountainous terrain away from the rivers. The land use is a mixture of crop growing (including

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 ...

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, and rural residential housing around the rivers. There is a quarry in the south of the locality. There is a cane tramway through the locality to deliver the harvested sugarcane to the

Mulgrave Sugar Mill The Mulgrave Sugar Mill is a sugar mill in Gordonvale, Queensland, Gordonvale, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It commenced operations in 1896. It is operated by MSF Sugar, a subsidiary of the Mitr Phol, Mitr Phol Group. It is also known a ...

History

The

Cairns-Mulgrave Tramway The Cairns-Mulgrave Tramway was a private tram line from Cairns to the Mulgrave River in Queensland, Australia. It was built until 1897 to serve the Mulgrave Sugar Mill, Mulgrave Central Sugar Mill, built in 1895. The line, which led through dif ...

operated from 1897 to 1911, when it was integrated into the

Queensland Rail Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both Commuter rail, suburban and Regional rail, interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well ...

. In August 1925, the

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, ...

decided to establish a primary school at a cost of £930. Little Mulgrave State School opened on 26 July 1926. A teacher's residence was built in 1937. The school closed on 21 February 1964, after which the students were transported each day to Gordonvale State School in neighbouring Gordonvale to the east. In October 1924, Carl Ross had the first public telephone in Little Mulgrave installed in his residence. In March 1926, Carl and his wife Frances Isabel Roos established the Mountain View Hotel. They had a homestead in the district and were long-time residents. Roos Road is named after them.

Demographics

In the , Little Mulgrave had a population of 249 people. In the , Little Mulgrave had a population of 269 people.

Education

There are no schools in Little Mulgrave. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Gordonvale State School and Gordonvale State High School, both in neighbouring Gordonvale to the east.

Amenities

The Mountain View Hotel continues to operate at 864 Gillies Range Road (). The rear deck overlooks the Mulgrave River.

Geography

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