Jarra Creek, Queensland
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Jarra Creek | |||||||||||||
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 Jarra Creek Bridge, where Tully Gorge Road crosses Jarra Creek, circa 1950 | |||||||||||||
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 Interactive map of Jarra Creek | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 17°55′50″S 145°52′39″E / 17.9305°S 145.8775°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 63.2 km2 (24.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 105 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.661/km2 (4.303/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4854 | ||||||||||||
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Jarra Creek is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Jarra Creek had a population of 105 people.[1]
The locality is bounded to the south by the Tully River. The creek Jara Creek rises in neighbouring Walter Hill to the north-west and flows into the locality of Jarra Creek on its north-western boundary, becoming a tributary of the Tully River in the south-west boundary of the locality.[3]
The land use is predominantly crop growing, mostly sugarcane with some banana plantations.[4][5] There is also some grazing on native vegetation.[6]
Tully Gorge Road enters the locality from north-east (Tully). It forms part of the locality's northern boundary before turning west and exiting the locality to north-west (Dingo Pocket / Walter Hill). There is also a cane tramway network in the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Tully sugar mill in Tully.[7]
History
The locality was officially named and bounded in 2000.[2]
