Moresby Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 17°37′57″S 146°01′41″E / 17.6325°S 146.0280°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 150 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 11.1/km2 (28.8/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Moresby is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 150 people.[1]
Geography
[edit]The town is north of centre within the locality. It is bounded in the north-east by the Moresby River, in the south-east by its tributary Little Moresby Creek and in the south by its tributary Boobah Creek.[4]
The Bruce Highway traverses the locality from south to north, passing through the town. The North Coast railway line traverses the locality from the south-west to the north-west, passing to the west of the town, but there is no railway station within the locality. There are sugarcane tramways in the locality.[4]
Most of the land in the locality is flat and low-lying (10 metres about sea level) and is used for crops, principally sugarcane. The land in the far west of the locality rises up toward peaks in neighbouring Basilisk; the lower levels are used for grazing while the upper levels are not cleared.[4]
History
[edit]The town takes its name from the Moresby Range, which was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple after hydrographer Captain John Moresby of HMS Basilisk.[2][5]
Moresby State School opened in August 1915 with 11 students with teacher Miss Mary Agnes McGuigan.[6][7] It closed on 9 September 2014.[8] The school was at 2-20 Moresby Road (17°38′05″S 146°01′42″E / 17.63466°S 146.02829°E).[9] The school's website was archived.[10]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 149 people.[11]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Moresby had a population of 150 people.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moresby (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Moresby – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22804)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "Moresby – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45733)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Moresby – mountain range in the Cassowary Coast Regin (entry 22806)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "History". Moresby State School. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Register of Recent School Openings, Closures and Name Changes". Department of Education and Training. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Town of Moresby" (Map). Queensland Government. 1973. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Moresby State School". Moresby State School. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moresby (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.