Lake Tinaroo, Queensland
Suburb of Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
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Lake Tinaroo is a rural locality in the Tablelands Region of Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lake Tinaroo had "no people or a very low population".[1]
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Jetty, Lake Tinaroo, 1964 | |||||||||||||
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 Interactive map of Lake Tinaroo | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 17.1972°S 145.6269°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 37.5 km2 (14.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.000/km2 (0.00/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4872 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
The locality includes the lake itself (also called Lake Tinaroo) created by the Tinaroo Falls Dam (17.16389°S 145.54639°E) as well as the foreshores of the lake and some of the creeks that flow into the lake.[3][4] It is mostly a water locality with very little land.[5]
The Barron River enters the locality from the south-west (Kairi / East Barron) and immediately becomes part of the lake. The river exits the lake at the Tinaroo Falls Dam in the west of the locality, flowing westward through Tinaroo and beyond.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Lake Tinaroo had "no people or a very low population".[6]
In the 2021 census, Lake Tinaroo had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Education
Tinaroo Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at Black Gully Road (17.1822°S 145.5528°E).[7][8]
There are no mainstream schools in the locality. The nearest government primary schools are Kairi State School in neighbouring Kairi to the west and Yungaburra State School in neighbouring Yungaburra to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Atherton State High School in Atherton to the south-west and Malanda State High School in Malanda to the south. There are also non-government schools in Atherton.[9]
