Balberra, Queensland

Balberra is a coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Balberra had a population of 425 people.

Geography

The northern boundary of the locality is Sandy Creek, the southern boundary is Bell Creek and Alligator Creek, and the western boundary is B L Creek. The eastern tip of the locality is at the joint mouth of Sandy Creek and Alligator Creek as they flow into the Coral Sea.
The Bruce Highway passes through the locality from the north to the south east. The North Coast railway line passes through the locality to the west of the highway; Balberra railway station serves the locality.
The predominant land use is growing crops, particularly sugar cane. There is a network of cane tramways in the locality to transport the harvested cane to the sugar mills.

The locality appears to take its name from the Balberra railway station, which in turn was named in 1913 by J. Strachan, the Mackay railway traffic manager in the Queensland Railways Department, and takes its name from an Aboriginal word meaning creek.

In the, Balberra had a population of 457 people.
In the, Balberra had a population of 425 people.

There are no schools in Balberra. The nearest government primary schools are in the neighbouring localities of Chelona and Alligator Creek. The nearest government secondary schools are in Mackay and Sarina.