Mount Mulgrave, Queensland
Mount Mulgrave is an outback locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the, Mount Mulgrave had a population of 11 people.
Geography
The Mitchell River enters the locality from the south-east and forms the southern boundary of the locality, exiting to the south-west. It is within the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin.The locality of Mount Mulgrave has the following mountains :
- Mount Mulgrave in the north-east of the locality, rising above sea level
- Bald Hills in the north-east of the locality,
- Looking Glass Bluff on the eastern boundary of the locality,
History
Yalanji '' is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.The mountain Mount Mulgrave was named by explorer William Hann on 1 August 1872, named after the Earl of Mulgrave, who was the son of the Queensland Governor at that time.
Demographics
In the, Mount Mulgrave had "no people or a very low population".In the, Mount Mulgrave had a population of 11 people.