Clemant is a rural coastal
locality
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in the
City of Townsville
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Clemant had "no people or a very low population".
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Geography
The ''Coral Sea
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'' forms most of the north-eastern boundary, but is interrupted by the locality of Toomulla.Bruce Highway
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enters the locality from the south-east (Bluewater Bluewater(s) or Blue Water(s) may refer to:
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) and exits to the north-west (Rollingstone
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).Paluma Range National Park
Paluma Range is a national park located between Ingham and Townsville, in north Queensland, Australia. The park is 1188 km north of Brisbane.
Geography
The park contains the Jourama Falls, Crystal Creek and Lake Paluma.
Ecology
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in the locality, one section in the north-east and another in the south-west. Between these two sections is the Clemant State Forest and, to the south, part of the Clemant Park pastoral property which is used for grazing
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on native vegetation.
History
The locality was named and bounded on 27 July 1991.
Demographics
In the , Clemant had "no people or a very low population".
Education
There are no schools in Clemant. The nearest government primary schools are Rollingstone State School in neighbouring Rollingstone to the north-west and Bluewater State School in neighbouring Bluewater to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Northern Beaches State High School in Deeragun in Townsville
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.
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