Tarzali is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Tarzali had a population of 431 people.

Geography

The locality is on the

Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau, which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the B ...

. It is bounded to the east by the

Johnstone River The Johnstone River, comprising the North Johnstone River and the South Johnstone River, is a river system in Far North and North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river system rise in the Atherton Tablelands. The north branch o ...

, to the south-east and south by Dirran Creek, and to the north-west by Seamark Road. The town is located in the centre of the locality. The Millaa Millaa–Malanda Road enters the locality from the north ( Jaggan), passes through the town, and exits to the south-west (

Minbun Minbun is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Minbun had a population of 60 people. Geography Minbun railway station is an abandoned railway station () on the now-closed Millaa Millaa branch of the Tabl ...

). The terrain is elevated and hilly with one named peak, Bartletts Hill () which rises to above sea level. The land use around the town centre is residential. In the rest of the locality, the predominant land use 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.

History

The town takes its name from the Tarzali railway station on the Millaa Milla branch of the Tablelands railway line. The name ''Tarzali'' is said to be an Aboriginal word meaning water gum, ''Syzygium gustavioides''. The railway station was in use from 1915 to 1964. The Millaa Millaa branch railway line from Tolga opened to Tarzali on 15 December 1916 with the town being served by Tarzali railway station (). The line was opened through to Millaa Millaa on 19 December 1921.Kerr 1990, p. 225 The line has now closed and the Tarzali railway station has been dismantled. In April 1914, a tent school was approved for Dirran (the name of the parish) on the land of Mr William's selection until a state school could be constructed. Dirran State School opened on 3 May 1915. On 21 October 1918, it was renamed Tarzali State School. It closed on 31 December 1967. The school was at Millaa Millaa Malanda Road ().

Demographics

In the , the locality of Tarzali had a population of 398 people. In the , the locality of Tarzali had a population of 431 people.

Education

There are no schools in Tarzali. The nearest government primary schools are Malanda State School in Malanda to the north and Millaa Millaa State School in neighbouring Millaa Millaa to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Malanda State High School in Malanda to the north.

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