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Netherdale
Queensland
Netherdale is located in Queensland
Netherdale
Netherdale
Location in Queensland
Population 111 (2016 census)
 • Density 2.337/km2 (6.05/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4756
Area 47.5 km2 (18.3 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Mackay Region
State electorate(s) Mirani
Federal Division(s) Capricornia
Suburbs around Netherdale:
Dalrymple Heights Dalrymple Heights Finch Hatton
Eungella Netherdale Finch Hatton
Broken River Crediton Crediton

Netherdale is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Netherdale had a population of 111 people.

Geography

Netherdale is the most western locality of the Pioneer Valley. The river does not pass through Netherdale but Netherdale is within its drainage basin. The Mackay-Eungella Road passes from the east to the west through the locality after which it climbs the Clarke Range to Eungella.

The north and south of the locality are mountainous (part of the Clarke Range) and rise to 890 metres and 670 metres respectively. Between them lie the "valley" through which the road runs at an elevation of 140 metres (in the east) to 180 metres (in the west). The land use in the valley is a mixture of sugar cane and grazing like most of the Pioneer Valley. There is no development of the mountainous north and south of the locality.

History

Netherdale district circa 1931
Netherdale district, circa 1931

The Mackay Railway was extended from Finch Hatton to Netherdale in 1911. It was closed in 1977 as part of the overall closure of the Mackay Railway.

The Netheral State School opened on 24 January 1914, having been originally proposed to be called the Eungella Range State School. It closed on 31 December 1963.

Netherdale was within the Shire of Mirani until the shire was amalgamated into the Mackay Region in 2008.

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