Mareeba Shire is a growing, confident and sustainable Shire on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. A Shire of diversity with a vibrant, multicultural population and landscapes that vary from World Heritage Rainforest and breathtaking waterfalls to productive agricultural farms and cattle properties. The Shire’s estimated population of just over 22,000, is dispersed across 53,457km2. Most of the Shire’s population resides in the Mareeba and Kuranda townships with the remaining 6,000 people in the many small, rural and remote communities including Chillagoe, Almaden, Petford, Dimbulah, Mutchilba, Koah, Speewah, Biboohra, Mt Molloy, Julatten, Mt Carbine, Irvinebank and Watsonville.
A growing, confident and sustainable Shire
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Mareeba Shire Council recently adopted an updated Local Disaster Management Plan, providing a comprehensive framework…
Council Updates Disaster Plan
Mareeba Shire Council recently adopted an updated Local Disaster Management Plan, providing a comprehensive framework…
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Capital Works Continue
Mareeba Shire Council is continuing to deliver a number of projects across the Shire with…
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