Mungalli is a rural
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in the
Tablelands Region
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Mungalli had a population of 40 people.
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Geography
The Beatrice River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality.Palmerston Highway
The Palmerston Highway (State Route 25) connects the Cassowary Coast Region, Cassowary Coast coastal strip to the southern part of the Tablelands Region, in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Route
The highway splits from the Bruce Highway ...
enters the locality from the south ( Wooroonooran) and exits to the north-west ( Millaa Millaa / Ellinjaa).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 a mixture of native vegetation and planted pastures
Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for grazing.
Types of pasture
Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, c ...
. Much of the land is undeveloped bushland.
History
Brook's Road State School opened circa 1927 and closed in 1954.
Demographics
In the , Mungalli had a population of 44 people.
Education
There are no schools in Mungalli. The nearest government primary school is Millaa Millaa State School in neighbouring Millaa Millaa to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Malanda State High School
Malanda is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Malanda had a population of 2,000 people. The economy is based upon agriculture (particularly dairy) and tourism.
Geography
Mal ...
in Malanda to the north-west. There is a Catholic primary school 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 ...
.
Economy
Established in 2000, Mungalli Creek Dairy is an organic dairy farm and one of only two certified biodynamic dairy farms in Australia. In 2021, it opened an expanded milk processing facility with the assistance of 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, ...
funding. It is at 254 Brooks Road (). Visitors are welcome and there is a cafe in the former farmhouse.
Attractions
Mungalli Falls is a waterfall in the south-east of the locality at 296 Junction Road ().platypus
The platypus (''Ornithorhynchus anatinus''), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypi ...
viewing area near the falls.
References
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Tablelands Region
Localities in Queensland