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Gulngai, Queensland
Gulngai is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".[1] Gulngai's postcode is 4855.[2] GeographyThe locality is bounded by the ridgeline of the Walter Hill Range (midpoint 17°45′S 145°48′E / 17.75°S 145.8°E) to the south-west.[4][5] The ridgeline forms a drainage divide with the creeks rising on the range within Gulngai contributing to the Johnstone River basin which enters the Coral Sea between Flying Fish Point and Coquette Point.[5] There are two named peaks on the ridgeline:
with the terrain falling to 20 metres (66 ft) above sea level on the boundary with Japoonvale.[5] The entire locality is a protected area with the north of the locality within the Wooroonooran National Park and the south of the locality within the Japoon National Park.[5] There is only one road in the locality, Sutties Gap Road, which passes through the north-western corner of the locality, entering from Mamu to the north and exiting to Koombooloomba / Palmerston in the north-west.[5] HistoryThe Walter Hill Range was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 7 October 1873, after botanist Walter Hill, a member of Dalyrmple's 1873 expedition from Cardwell to the Endeavour River and the first curator of the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens.[4] The locality was officially named and bounded on 21 January 2000.[3] DemographicsIn the 2016 census, Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".[8] In the 2021 census, Gulngai had "no people or a very low population".[1] References
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