Green Hill, Queensland

Green Hill
Queensland
Green Hill
Coordinates 17°01′23″S 145°50′00″E / 17.0230°S 145.8333°E / -17.0230; 145.8333Coordinates: 17°01′23″S 145°50′00″E / 17.0230°S 145.8333°E / -17.0230; 145.8333
Population 159 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density 3.995/km2 (10.35/sq mi)
Area 39.8 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
LGA(s) Cairns Region
State electorate(s) Mulgrave
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Green Hill:
East Trinity East Trinity Yarrabah
Packers Camp Green Hill Yarrabah
Gordonvale Aloomba Aloomba

Green Hill is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Green Hill had a population of 159 people.[1]

Geography

Pine Creek Yarrabah Road forms the western boundary of the locality, while the eastern boundary is formed by a mountain ridge. The land in the west of the locality is lower-lying (10-50 metres above sea level) freehold land used for agriculture (predominantly sugarcane) and some rural residences. The land in the east of the locality is mountainous and undeveloped land rising rapidly from 50 metres above sea level to the mountain ridge on the eastern boundary, where the highest peak is Grey Peaks (620 metres above sea level). The north-east of the locality is protected as the Malbon Thompson Forest Reserve, while the south-east of the locality is the Grey Peaks National Park.[3]

There are cane tramways in the western part of the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Mulgrave Sugar Mill.[3]

There are no access roads and no public facilities in the Grey Peaks National Park. Due to the steep terrain, the area has not been logged and contains a mixture of sclerophyll and rainforest vegetation. The sclerophyll forest contains red mahogany Eucalyptus pellita and red turpentine Syncarpia glomulifera trees.[4]

There is a small hill, called Green Hill (approx 120 metres above sea level), in the south-west of the locality. The hill is the remnant of a volcano that erupted about 15,000 years ago. It is believed that the volcano's eruption altered the course of the Mulgrave River so that instead of having its mouth on Trinity Inlet, the mouth become directly onto the Coral Sea some 40km further south.[5] However, further research has shown river sediments above the basalt flows and it is now believed that other factors such as alluvial sediments may have altered the river's course and that perhaps it has alternated between the two mouths over time.[6]

History

The locality was originally called Crescent Hill, but was renamed Green Hill around the 1890s.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Green Hill (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ "Green Hill - locality in Cairns Region (entry 48662)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Grey Peaks National Park". Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing. Queensland Government. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "17°S 146°E Cairns – Queensland by Degrees". Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Chapter 2: The Cairns Setting" (PDF). Geoscience Australia. Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "G Suburbs" (PDF). Cairns Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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