Feluga, Queensland

Feluga
Queensland
Sugarcane plantations in Feluga, 2007
Feluga
Coordinates 17°52′36″S 145°57′21″E / 17.8766°S 145.9558°E / -17.8766; 145.9558Coordinates: 17°52′36″S 145°57′21″E / 17.8766°S 145.9558°E / -17.8766; 145.9558
Postcode(s) 4854
Area 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
LGA(s) Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s) Hill
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Feluga:
Walter Hill Walter Hill Djarawong
Bulgun Feluga East Feluga
Midgenoo Midgenoo Midgenoo

Feluga is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

Geography

Feluga is in the valley of the Tully River with a high rainfall. The locality grows sugarcane.[2]

The Bruce Highway is the eastern boundary of the locality. The North Coast railway line runs parallel and immediately west of the highway but there are no railway stations serving the locality. There is a network of cane tramways to deliver sugarcane to the sugar mill in Tully.[3]

History

The locality takes its name from the railway station name, which in turn was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 25 November 1921. The name is believed to be corrupted version of a Palestinian place name El Faluje, a town was occupied by Australian Light Horse troops (4th Brigade) on 10 November 1917.[1]

Feluga Provisional School opened on 7 February 1927, becoming Feluga State School c. 1934.[4]

Education

Feluga State School is a government co-educational primary (P-6) school in Feluga Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 32 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[5]

Cutting sugarcane, Feluga, 2007

References

  1. 1 2 "Feluga - locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45673)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Feluga State School". Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Feluga State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

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