Southedge
| Southedge Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Sunset over Southedge | |||||||||||||||
  Southedge | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°45′23″S 145°16′31″E / 16.7563°S 145.2752°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 21 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0397/km2 (0.1027/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 529.5 km2 (204.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Mareeba | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Southedge is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Southedge had a population of 21 people.[1]
Geography
[edit]The Great Dividing Range loosely forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality. The locality is within the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin and specifically within the catchment of the Mitchell River.[3]
The major road thoroughfare in Southedge is the Mulligan Highway, which enters the locality from the east (Mount Molloy) and exits to the south-east (Biboohra).[4]
The Southedge-Wangetti Road, also known as Quaid Road or Southedge Road was completed with Queensland Government approval, but currently has no public access linking Wangetti to Southedge. The Wet Tropics Management Authority controls access to sections of the road, that would otherwise be trafficable from the Mulligan Highway to the Captain Cook Highway and to Kuranda through the Black Mountain Road. A decision was made in 1988 that the road was not compatible with the World Heritage status of the Wet Tropics.[5]
The Mitchell River enters the locality from the south-east (Biboohra) and exits to the north-west (the locality of Mount Carbine).[6] The Southedge Dam, also known as the Lake Mitchell Dam, is an earth-filled embankment dam across the Mitchell River within Southedge (16°46′42″S 145°18′22″E / 16.77823°S 145.30614°E), creating Lake Mitchell (16°49′00″S 145°21′00″E / 16.8166°S 145.3500°E).[7][8]
Southedge has the following mountains and passes (from north to south):
- Mount Holmes (16°38′33″S 145°08′45″E / 16.6424°S 145.1458°E) 648 metres (2,126 ft)[9][10]
- Round Mountain (16°44′06″S 145°12′58″E / 16.7350°S 145.2162°E) 387 metres (1,270 ft)[9][11]
- Mount Consider (16°46′07″S 145°21′19″E / 16.7687°S 145.3552°E) 640 metres (2,100 ft)[9][12]
- Sheas Gap (16°48′08″S 145°16′43″E / 16.8022°S 145.2785°E)[9]
- Round Mountain (16°49′01″S 145°16′11″E / 16.8169°S 145.2698°E) 494 metres (1,621 ft)[9][13]
The land use is grazing on native vegetation.[14]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census, Southedge had a population of 21 people.[15]
In the 2021 census, Southedge had a population of 21 people.[1]
Education
[edit]There are no schools in Southedge. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Molloy State School in neighbouring Mount Molloy to the north-east and Biboohra State School in neighbouring Bioohra to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Mossman State High School in Mossman to the north, Kuranda District State College in Kuranda to the east, and Mareeba State High School in Mareeba to the south.[16]
There are also Catholic primary schools in Mossman and Mareeba, a Catholic secondary school in Mareeba, and a primary-and-secondary Steiner school in Kuranda.[16]
There are However students in the south and west of the locality may be too distant to attend any of these schools; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[16]
References
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- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Southedge (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Southedge – locality in Shire of Mareeba (entry 48872)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses; Drainage". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "State of Wet Tropics 2017-2018, 30 years of World Heritage in the Wet Tropics: reflections and aspirations" (PDF). Wet Tropics Management Authority. 2018. p. 48. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Lake Mitchell – lake in Shire of Mareeba (entry 39211)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Holmes – mountain in Mareeba Shire (entry 16015)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Round Mountain – mountain in Mareeba Shire (entry 29177)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Consider – mountain in Mareeba Shire (entry 7970)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Round Mountain – mountain in Mareeba Shire (entry 29189)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Sugarcane areas". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Southedge (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
