Moresby, Queensland
| Moresby Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Moresby | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°37′57″S 146°01′41″E / 17.6325°S 146.0280°ECoordinates: 17°37′57″S 146°01′41″E / 17.6325°S 146.0280°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 14.2 km2 (5.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Moresby is a town and a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]
Geography
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.[3]
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.[3]
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.[3]
History
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.[1][4]
Moresby State School opened on 31 August 1915.[5] It closed on 9 September 2014.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Moresby - town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 22804)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "Moresby - locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45733)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 "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
- ↑ "Register of Recent School Openings, Closures and Name Changes". Department of Education and Training. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
