Degarra, Queensland
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 Crossing the Bloomfield River at Degarra | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 16°01′40″S 145°14′49″E / 16.0277°S 145.2469°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 80 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 11.8/km2 (30.5/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4895 | ||||||||||||
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Degarra is a rural coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Degarra had a population of 80 people.[1]
The locality is bounded to the north by the Bloomfield River.[3]
There are a number of islands in the Bloomfield River. One of the named islands is Spit Island (15°56′44″S 145°20′13″E / 15.9456°S 145.3369°E). It is 6.4928 hectares (16.044 acres).[3][4][5] Scrub Island is an island in the Woobadda River, a tributary of the Bloomfield River. The island is just prior to their confluence (15°56′59″S 145°20′26″E / 15.9498°S 145.3405°E).[6] It is 3.0387-hectare (7.509-acre) island.[3][5][7] There are a number of other unnamed islands in the Bloomfield River.[3]
The locality is shaped like a dumbbell with two discontiguous areas of land connected by a short section of the Bloomfield River, creating a distinct east and west separation within the locality.[3]
The land use in the west of the locality is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some residential housing near the river. The land use in the east of the locality is relatively undeveloped with some pockets of housing along the rivers. The easternmost point of the locality is at the mouth of Bloomfield River where it flows into the Coral Sea, giving the locality a small coastal boundary.[3][8]
