Broadmere, Queensland
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 Dawson palms at Lake Murphy Conservation Park, 2007 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 25°29′52″S 149°33′18″E / 25.4977°S 149.555°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 578.9 km2 (223.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 38 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0656/km2 (0.1700/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4420 | ||||||||||||
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Broadmere is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Broadmere had a population of 38 people.[1]
The Murphy Range forms part of the northern boundary of the locality while the Lynd Range forms part of the southern boundary.[3]
The Leichhardt Highway passes to the south-east of the locality, while the Taroom Bauhinia Downs Road (State Route 7) passes to the north-east.[4]
The Lake Murphy Conservation Park is in the east of the locality and the Belington Hut State Forest is in the west of the locality. Apart from these protected areas, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with a small amount of crop growing, mostly near Robinson Creek immediately south-east of the conservation park.[5]
