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Basilisk
Queensland
Basilisk is located in Queensland
Basilisk
Basilisk
Location in Queensland
Population 0 (2016 census)
 • Density 0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4871
Area 34.5 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s) Hinchinbrook
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Basilisk:
Mena Creek Boogan
Camp Creek
Germantown
Moresby
Bombeeta Basilisk Warrubullen
Japoonvale
Walter Lever Estate
No 5 Branch
Warrubullen
Bombeeta

Basilisk is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Basilisk had a population of 0 people.

Geography

The locality is almost entirely composed of the Basilisk Range which rises from land close to sea level at the east to a series of unnamed peaks of from 200 to 400 metres. The central and southern area of the locality forms the Basilisk Range National Park. While the northern part of the locality is freehold land, it has not generally been cleared. There are only a few small pockets of land at the foot of the range used for farming.

History

The name Basilisk was the original name of the nearby town South Johnstone until 1954.

In the 2016 census Basilisk had a population of 0 people.

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