Murrigal, Queensland

Murrigal is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Murrigal had a population of 106 people.

Geography

The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south and exits to the north-east. The North Coast railway line runs immediately parallel and west of the highway.
The land use is predominantly growing sugarcane with some grazing on native vegetation.
There is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.

Land was reserved for a cemetery on 3 August 1895.
The locality was once served by the now-abandoned Murrigal railway station is an abandoned railway station on the North Coast railway line.

In the, Murrigal had a population of 89 people.
In the, Murrigal had a population of 106 people.

There are no schools in Murrigal. The nearest government primary schools are Murray River Upper State School in neighbouring Murray Upper to the south-west and Tully State School in Tully to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School, also in Tully.

Murrigal Cemetery is on a site on the eastern side of the Bruce Highway. It is operated by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and new burials are restricted to those who already have reserved graves or have a family connection with those already buried there.