Upper Barron 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

Tablelands Region The Tablelands Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas ...

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 , Upper Barron had a population of 503 people.

Geography

The western part of the locality is higher and mountainous while the central and eastern parts are lower and flatter. The Barron River rises in the south of the locality and flows in a northerly direction towards Wongabel and

East Barron East Barron is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , East Barron had a population of 278 people. Geography The Barron River (Queensland), Barron River forms most of the w ...

. Upper Barron has the following mountains and mountain passes (from north to south): * Mount Weerimba () * Gum Tree Hill () * Mount Hypipamee () * Longland Gap () All of the western part of the locality is protected, being within one of the

Herberton Range National Park Herberton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Herberton had a population of 895 people. Geography Herberton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is situate ...

, the Herberton Range Conservation Park, or the

Mount Hypipamee National Park Mount Hypipamee is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,358 km northwest of Brisbane. See also * Protected areas of Queensland References

National parks of Far North Queensland Protected areas established in 1939 ...

(). The predominant land use in the rest 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, except in the north of the locality where there is irrigated crop growing, being mostly

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 ...

. The

Kennedy Highway The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. It runs as National Route 1 for approximately 243 km from Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Developmental Road in the vicinity of Forty Mile Sc ...

enters the locality from the north-west ( Wongabel) and exits to the south-west ( Evelyn). The Malanda–Atherton Road runs through the northeastern corner.

History

Upper Barron was previously a locality in both the

Shire of Atherton The Shire of Atherton was a Local government in Australia, local government area of Queensland. It was located on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shir ...

and the

Shire of Eacham The Shire of Eacham was a local government area of Queensland. It was located on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Malanda, covered an ...

, both of which were part of the 2008 local government amalgamation which created the Tablelands Region. Upper Barron State School opened on 31 January 1911. It was mothballed on 31 December 2008 as there were only nine students. It closed on 31 December 2009. It was at 9570 Kennedy Highway (). The school's website was archived. Mount Hypipamee National Park () was established on 16 January 1982.

Demographics

In the , Upper Barron had a population of 451 people. In the , Upper Barron had a population of 503 people.

Education

There are no schools in Upper Barron. The nearest government primary schools are Malanda State School in neighbouring Malanda to the east, Atherton State School in Atherton to the north, and Yungaburra State School in

Yungaburra Yungaburra is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,272 people. Geography Yungaburra is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. The ...

to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are

Malanda State High School Malanda is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Malanda had a population of 2,000 people. The economy is based upon agriculture (particularly dairy) and tourism. Geography Mal ...

in Malanda and

Atherton State High School Atherton State High School (ASHS) is a co-educational, state secondary school in Atherton, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. Education TAFE and Atherton High School were linked through vocational education and training programs. Howeve ...

in Atheron.

References

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