Macalister Range | |||||||||||||
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.jpg) Looking down from Skyrail onto Macalister Range, 2013 | |||||||||||||
  Macalister Range | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates:16°45′31″S145°39′06″E / 16.7586°S 145.6516°E /-16.7586; 145.6516 (Macalister Range (centre of locality)) | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 25.5 km2 (9.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[3] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.000/km2 (0.00/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4871 | ||||||||||||
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Macalister Range is a coastallocality in theCairns Region,Queensland, Australia.[4] In the2021 census, Macalister Range had "no people or a very low population".[3]
As the name suggests, Macalister Range is a long narrow mountainous locality containing the mountain range of the same name.[5] The north of the locality extends to theCoral Sea, but the bulk of the locality sits as the backdrop toCairns' Northern Suburbs on the coastal plain. Therefore the locality ranges from 0 metres above sea level (at the Coral Sea) through to 630 metres at Saddle Mountain with the bulk of the locality at altitudes of 200–400 metres.[6][7]
The locality consists mainly of undeveloped heavily forested land, most of which is within two national parks. At the far north of the locality, the land is within theMacalister Range National Park while the bulk of the remainder is within theKuranda National Park. There is a small area of freehold land immediately west of Palm Cove, which is undeveloped. There are also some small areas reserved for other purposes by the Queensland Government, such as the Kuranda State Forest.[6] There is no public access to the Macalister Range National Park as it protects important cassowary habitat and, although there is limited access to Kuranda National Park, the protected area mostly occurs outside of the locality of Macalister Range.[8]
The only roads in Macalister are not to provide access to the locality but to connect areas outside the locality. TheCaptain Cook Highway runs along the coastline at the Coral Sea in the far north of the locality, while theKuranda Range Road (the unofficial name of a segment of theKennedy Highway) connects the suburb ofSmithfield in Cairns withKuranda on theAtherton Tableland in theShire of Mareeba.[6]
TheSkyrail Rainforest Cableway passes over the southern end of Macalister Range; it commences atSmithfield on the coastal plain up toBarron Gorge and then to Kuranda.[6]
Irukandji (also known as Yirrgay, Yurrgay, Yirrgandji, Djabuganjdji and Yirgay) is a language ofFar North Queensland, particularly the area around the Kuranda Range andLower Barron River. The Irukandji language region includes the landscape withinCairns Regional Council.[9]
The locality takes its name from the mountain range, which was in turn named afterArthur Macalister, the Premier of Queensland from 1866 to 1867 and from 1874 to 1876.[5]
In the2016 census, Macalister Range had "no people or a very low population".[10]
In the2021 census, Macalister Range had "no people or a very low population".[3]
There are a number of lookouts in Maclister Range, including:
This Wikipedia article incorporatesCC BY 4.0licensed text from:"Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map".State Library of Queensland.State Library of Queensland. Retrieved30 January 2020.
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