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Walkamin
Queensland
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A storm approaching Walkamin during the wet season, 2014
Walkamin is located in Queensland
Walkamin
Walkamin
Location in Queensland
Population 474 (2016 census)
 • Density 10.064/km2 (26.07/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4872
Area 47.1 km2 (18.2 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) Tablelands Region
State electorate(s) Hill
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Localities around Walkamin:
Chewko Mareeba Mareeba
Arriga Walkamin Mareeba
Arriga Arriga Tolga

Walkamin is a town and a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Walkamin recorded a population of 474 people.

Education and research

Walkamin State School is a government co-educational primary (P-6) school at 40 Wattle Street. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 51 students with 3 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).

In 2017, Walkamin Research Station was involved in research involving local crops such as mangoes, peanuts, coffee, hardwoods, legumes, maize and lucerne. Although the research station is equipped for aquaculture research, there were no aquaculture projects in 2017. The research station has an experimental farm in Kairi beside the shores of Lake Tinarooo.

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