Southedge is a rural

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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 ...

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, Australia. In the , Southedge had a population of 21 people.

Geography

The

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loosely forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality. The locality is within the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin and specifically within the catchment of the

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. The major road thoroughfare in Southedge is the

Mulligan Highway The Mulligan Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 266 km between Mareeba and Cooktown, on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula where it terminates. It is signed as State Route 81 from Mareeba to ...

, which enters the locality from the east ( Mount Molloy) and exits to the south-east ( Biboohra). The Southedge-Wangetti Road, also known as Quaid Road or Southedge Road was completed with

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approval, but currently has no public access linking Wangetti to Southedge. The Wet Tropics Management Authority controls access to sections of the road, that would otherwise be trafficable from the Mulligan Highway to the

Captain Cook Highway The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland that originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A). The ...

and to Kuranda through the Black Mountain Road. A decision was made in 1988 that the road was not compatible with the

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status of the

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. The

enters the locality from the south-east (Biboohra) and exits to the north-west (the locality of Mount Carbine). The Southedge Dam, also known as the Lake Mitchell Dam, is an earth-filled

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across the

within Southedge (), creating

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(). Southedge has the following mountains and passes (from north to south): * Mount Holmes () * Round Mountain () * Mount Consider () * Sheas Gap () * Round Mountain () The land use is

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on native vegetation.

Demographics

In the , Southedge had a population of 21 people. In the , Southedge had a population of 21 people.

Education

There are no schools in Southedge. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Molloy State School in neighbouring Mount Molloy to the north-east and Biboohra State School in neighbouring Bioohra to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Mossman State High School in Mossman to the north, Kuranda District State College in Kuranda to the east, and Mareeba State High School in

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 south. There are also Catholic primary schools in Mossman and Mareeba, a Catholic secondary school in Mareeba, and a primary-and-secondary Steiner school in Kuranda. There are However students in the south and west of the locality may be too distant to attend any of these schools; the alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Shire of Mareeba Shire of Mareeba Localities in Queensland