No. 5 Branch is a rural

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in the

Cassowary Coast Region The Cassowary Coast Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Queensland, Innisfail, ...

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, Australia. In the , No. 5 Branch had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south and east by Liverpool Creek (which ultimately flows into the

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Cowley Beach Cowley Beach is a beach, coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cowley Beach had a population of 65 people. Geography The locality of Cowley Beach is bounded to the north by th ...

/ Kurramine Beach). Most of the locality is relative flat and low-lying, above sea level, but the north-west of the locality is on the lower slopes of the Basilisk Range and rises to . The land use in the south and east of the locality is 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 ...

and

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. The land use in the north-western part of the locality 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.

Demographics

In the , the population of the locality was 9 people. In the , No. 5 Branch had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in the locality. The nearest primary school is Silkwood State School in neighbouring

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to the south. The nearest secondary schools are Tully State High School in Tully to the south and Innsifail State College in

Innisfail Estate Innisfail Estate is a semi-rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Innisfail Estate had a population of 1,454 people. Geography Innisfail Estate is bounded by the Johnst ...

in Innisfail to the north.

References

{{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland