Murray Upper is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Murray Upper had a population of 218 people. The Murray River rises in Murray Upper and enters the Coral Sea at neighbouring Bilyana. Almost all of the locality is mountainous and is within the Girramay National Park or the Murray …
Murray Upper is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Murray Upper had a population of 218 people. The Murray River rises in Murray Upper and enters the Coral Sea at neighbouring Bilyana. Almost all of the locality is mountainous and is within the Girramay National Park or the Murray Upper State Forest. Only a small area in the north-east of the locality is outside the protected areas and is flat land about 20 metres about sea level where the land use is farming, with sugarcane and bananas being important crops. A cane tramway passes through the farming area to carry the harvested sugarcane to the sugar mill at Tully.
Population: 218 (2021 census)
Location: 36.0 km (22 mi) SW of Tully · 83.7 km (52 mi) SSW of Innisfail · 171 km (106 mi) S of Cairns · 203 km (126 mi) NNW of Townsville · 1,552 km (964 mi) NNW of Brisbane
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