Munbura is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Munbura had a population of 89 people.

Geography

''Alligator Creek'' forms the eastern boundary, and ''Bells Creek'' the northern and western. Sarina Homebush Road (State Route 5) follows the south-western boundary. The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the east ( Alligator Creek) and exits to the north-west ( Sunnyside / Balberra). The locality was served by the now-abandoned Munbura railway station (). The land use is predominantly growing

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 ...

. There are a number of

cane tramways The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line. In 2013, it claimed to be the second largest narrow gauge network in the world. The network consists of the following lines: *the N ...

to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.

History

The locality takes its name from the Munbura railway station which was named on 30 October 1913 by J. Strachan, the Mackay railway traffic manager in the

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. It is an Aboriginal word meaning '' poplar gum.'' Munbura State School opened on 16 August 1920. It closed in December 1971. It was on the eastern side of Boyds Road, south of the railway station (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Munbura had a population of 115 people. In the , Munbura had a population of 89 people.

Education

There are no schools in Munbura. The nearest government primary schools are Chelona State School in Chelona to the north and Sarina State School in neighbouring

Sarina Sarina is a rural town and coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Sarina had a population of 5,619 people. Geography Sarina lies just inland of the east coa ...

to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is

Sarina State High School Sarina State High School is located in the small rural town of Sarina, Queensland, Australia. The school had 600 students in 2013 with a reported 20 percent continuing studies at University. Sarina State High previously boasted a marine aquarium ...

, also in Sarina.

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