Paddys Green is a rural
locality
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in the
Shire of Mareeba
The Shire of Mareeba is a Local government in Australia, local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, Queensland, Mare ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Paddys Green had a population of 405 people.
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Geography
''Granite Creek'' forms the south-eastern boundary.
Mareeba - Dimbulah Road (State Route 27) enters the locality from the east (Mareeba
Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning ''meeting of the water ...
) and exits to the south-west ( Arriga). It loosely follows the ridgeline of the Great Dividing Range
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.
Hann Tableland National Park is in the north-west of the locality.
Apart from the national park, the land use is a mixture of grazing
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on native vegetation, growing tropical fruit (such as mangoes
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, avocados, lychees) and sugarcane
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, and rural residential
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housing.
Demographics
In the , Paddys Green had a population of 361 people.
In the , Paddys Green had a population of 405 people.
Education
There are no schools in Paddy Green. The nearest government primary schools are Mareeba State School in neighbouring Mareeba
Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning ''meeting of the water ...
to the east and Biboohra State School in neighbouring Biboohra to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Mareeba State High School in Mareeba.
References
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Shire of Mareeba
Localities in Queensland