Yuruga is a rural
locality
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in the
Shire of Hinchinbrook
The Shire of Hinchinbrook is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham, covers an area of , and has existed since its cr ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Yuruga had a population of 64 people.
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Geography
The Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...
enters the locality from the south-east ( Bambaroo) and exits to the north ( Helens Hill).Paluma Range National Park
Paluma Range is a national park located between Ingham and Townsville, in north Queensland, Australia. The park is 1188 km north of Brisbane.
Geography
The park contains the Jourama Falls, Crystal Creek and Lake Paluma.
Ecology
Most of ...
. In the north of the locality, the land use is predominantly crop growing (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 ...
) with some 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.cane tramways
The rail network in Queensland, Australia, was the first in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line. In 2013, it claimed to be the second largest narrow gauge network in the world. The network consists of the following lines:
*the N ...
to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.
History
In 1870, British colonist John Allingham took up land in the region and named the property Waterview. He experienced much conflict and resistance from the local Aboriginal people and in 1871 a large Native Police
Australian native police were specialised mounted military units consisting of detachments of Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal troopers under the command of European officers appointed by British colonial governments. The units existed in va ...
barracks was established at Waterview. In 1873, the barracks was moved to Gedge's Crossing on the Herbert River
The Herbert River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert Herbert, Robert George Wyndham Herbert, th ...
.
Demographics
In the , Yuruga had a population of 73 people.
Education
There are no schools in Yuruga. The nearest government primary schools are Toobanna State School in Toobanna to the north and Mutarnee State School in Mutarnee to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Ingham State High School in Ingham to the north. There are also a number of non-governmnent schools in Ingham.
References
Further reading
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via State Library of Queensland
{{Shire of Hinchinbrook
Shire of Hinchinbrook
Localities in Queensland