Mount Mackay
Queensland
View of Mount Mackay from Feluga, 2023
Mount Mackay is located in Queensland
Mount Mackay
Mount Mackay
Coordinates17°56′14″S 145°59′56″E / 17.9372°S 145.9988°E / -17.9372; 145.9988 (Mount Mackay (centre of locality))
Population0 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)4854
Area37.7 km2 (14.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Mount Mackay:
Birkalla
Merryburn		 East Feluga Granadilla
Tully Mount Mackay Tam O'Shanter
Silky Oak Lower Tully Carmoo

Mount Mackay is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population".[4]

Geography

The Mount Mackay National Park fully occupies the locality.[5] It forms part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, a World Heritage Site.

The mountain Mount Mackay is at the south-west of the locality and stands at 724 metres (2,375 ft) above sea level. In the centre of the locality the elevation falls to 10 metres (33 ft) in the valley of Carmoo Creek, and then rises towards the Tam O'Shanter Range at the north-east of the locality, with two peaks on the boundary itself: Mount Tam O'Shanter 381 metres (1,250 ft) and Mount Douglas 339 metres (1,112 ft). The national park provides a safe habitat for the mahogany glider and the southern cassowary.[6]

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain. In 2005, the Mount Mackay National Park was created from the Mount Mackay State Forest.[6]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population".[7]

In the 2021 census, Mount Mackay had "no people or a very low population".[4]

References

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  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Mackay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Mackay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. ↑ "Mount Mackay – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45734)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Mackay (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Mount Mackay National Park". Parks and Forests. Queensland Government. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Mackay (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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