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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The annual Great Wheelbarrow Race has been postponed until next year. Chair of the Great…
Chillagoe Dawn Service: Assemble 4.28am at Town Hall; followed by breakfast March: Assemble 9.15am at…
Controlled Burn Application Form for Council-controlled Road Reserves Uncontrolled bushfires present a very real human…
Wheelbarrow Race Postponed
The annual Great Wheelbarrow Race has been postponed until next year. Chair of the Great…
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Anzac Day 2021
Chillagoe Dawn Service: Assemble 4.28am at Town Hall; followed by breakfast March: Assemble 9.15am at…
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Operation Cool Burn
Controlled Burn Application Form for Council-controlled Road Reserves Uncontrolled bushfires present a very real human…
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