Southedge is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivi ...
in the
Shire of Mareeba
The Shire of Mareeba is a local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity fr ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the Southedge had a population of 21 people.
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Geography
The major road thoroughfare in Southedge is the Mulligan Highway
The Mulligan Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 266 km between Mareeba and Cooktown, on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula where it terminates.
Named after bushman James Venture Mulligan t ...
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The Southedge-Wangetti Road, also known as Quaid Road or Southedge Road was completed with Queensland Government approval in 1989, currently with no public access linking Wangetti to Southedge. The Wet Tropics Management Authority control access to sections of the road, that would otherwise be trafficable from the Mulligan Highway to the Captain Cook Highway and to Kuranda through the Black Mountain Road.
The Southedge Dam
The Southedge Dam, also known as the Lake Mitchell Dam, is an earth filled embankment dam across the Mitchell River located in Southedge, in Far North Queensland, Australia. Opened in 1987 as an ornamental lake, the impoundment created by the da ...
, also known as the Lake Mitchell Dam, is an earth filled embankment dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...
across the Mitchell River Mitchell River may refer to:
Australia
*Mitchell River (Queensland)
*Mitchell River (Victoria)
*Mitchell River (Western Australia)
Canada
*Mitchell River (Cross River)
*Mitchell River (Quesnel River tributary)
United States
*Mitchell River (Mass ...
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History
In the Southedge had a population of 21 people.
References
{{Shire of Mareeba
Shire of Mareeba
Localities in Queensland