Shirbourne is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

in the

Shire of Burdekin The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River. The shire covers an area of . It has e ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Shirbourne had a population of 48 people.

Geography

The

Haughton River The Haughton River is a river in North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The headwaters of the river rise in the Haughton Valley of the Leichhardt Range near Mingela and flow in a north easterly direction almost immediately crossing th ...

forms the eastern boundary of the locality. Ironbark is a mountain in the south of the locality (), rising to above sea level. The land use in the west and south 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, while the north and east of the locality is used for crop growing, predominantly

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 is a cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill, the Invicta sugar mill in neighbouring Giru.

History

Shirbourne State School opened on 17 August 1931 and closed on 7 August 1970. It was at 628 Shirbourne Road ().

Demographics

In the , Shirbourne had a population of 76 people. In the , Shirbourne had a population of 48 people.

Education

There are no schools in Shirbourne. The nearest government primary school is Giru State School in neighbouring Giru to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is

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 ...

Ayr Ayr ( ; ; , meaning "confluence of the River Àir"), is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With ...

to the east.

References

{{Shire of Burdekin Shire of Burdekin Localities in Queensland