Mount Kelly is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Mount Kelly had a population of 291 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south and south-east by the

Burdekin River The Burdekin River is a river in North and Far North Queensland, Australia. The river rises on the northern slopes of Boulder Mountain at Valley of Lagoons, part of the western slope of the Seaview Range, and flows into the Coral Sea at Upsta ...

. Kelly Mountain is a mountain in the centre of the locality () rising to above sea level. The land use is quite varied. To the south-east of the Kelly Mountain is an area of

rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block, acreage living, or rural residential) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to n ...

housing. The land near the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of the locality is used to grow

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 ...

and there is a cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local

sugar mills A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar or plantation white sugar. Some sugar mills are situated next to a back-end refinery, that turns raw sugar into (refined) white sugar. The term is also used to refer ...

. There 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 in the north, west, and south-west of the locality. There are number of small

quarries A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to manage their safet ...

in the locality.

History

The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001. It is presumably named after Kelly Mountain.

Demographics

In the , Mount Kelly had a population of 280 people. In the , Mount Kelly had a population of 291 people.

Education

There are no school in Mount Kelly. The nearest government primary school is Airville State School in neighbouring Airville to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are

Ayr State High School Ayr State High School is a heritage-listed state secondary school at 82–90 Wickham Street, Ayr, Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. It is one of three high schools in Ayr, the others being Burdekin Catholic High School and Burdekin ...

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to the north-east and Home Hill State High School in

Home Hill Home Hill is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Home Hill had a population of 2,876 people. At the delta of the Burdekin River, it is a sugarc ...

to the east.

Facilities

Mount Kelly Rural Fire Station is at 74-79 Kelly Drive ().

Attractions

Mount Kelly Lookout is at the top of Lookout Road (). There is a pistol club at 1478 Ayr Dalbeg Road ().

References

{{Shire of Burdekin Shire of Burdekin Localities in Queensland