Speewah, Queensland
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 Female tropical rockmaster (damselfly) at Speewah, 2014 | |||||||||||||
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 Interactive map of Speewah | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 16°53′29″S 145°37′34″E / 16.8913°S 145.6261°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 35.3 km2 (13.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 850 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 24.08/km2 (62.4/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4881 | ||||||||||||
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Speewah is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Speewah had a population of 850 people.[1]
The Kennedy Highway is the north-west boundary of the locality.[3]
The terrain is mountainous with individual peaks including Yalbogie Hill at 645 metres (2,116 ft), North Peak at 670 metres (2,200 ft) and Mount Williams at 1,017 metres (3,337 ft).[4]
The south-eastern part of the locality are in Dinden National Park (part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, a UNESCO world heritage site) and Speewah Conservation Park.[5]
Apart from these protected areas, the land use is partly rural residential housing and some grazing on native vegetation. Other areas remain undeveloped land.[5]
