Millaa Millaa

Millaa Millaa
State :  Australia State : Queensland
Coordinates : 17 ° 31 ′  S , 145 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 17 ° 31 ′  S , 145 ° 37 ′  E Height : 830  m Area : 1.1  km²
Residents : 290 (2016) Population density : 264 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Telephone code : (+61) 7 Postal code : 4886 LGA : Tablelands region
Millaa Millaa

Millaa Millaa is a small town in the north of Queensland , Australia ( Far North Queensland ). In 2016 the population was 290 people.

geography

The place is in the area of ​​the Atherton Tableland . Malanda is 20 kilometers to the north and Cairns is 65 kilometers to the northeast.

history

Millaa Millaa Falls

Aborigines were the indigenous people in the region. The place name was derived from the oil willow plant Elaeagnus triflora , which is called Malay in the language of the Aborigines and whose fruits are a seasonal source of food. However, some chroniclers are of the opinion that Millaa means "waterfall" in the language of the indigenous people, or Millaa Millaa = "many waterfalls".

In 1882 the first European settlers explored the area. After the construction of a railway line, more people settled in the place from 1921, who were primarily employed in wood processing and dairy companies. When the railway line was closed in the mid-1960s and agriculture also developed in the direction of large-scale operations, the place experienced an industrial downturn.

Today Millaa Millaa is an important tourist center and starting point for tours to the nearby Millaa Millaa Waterfall ( Millaa Millaa Falls ) as well as to the national parks in the immediate vicinity: Gadgarra National Park in the north, Wooroonooran National Park in the east as part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area and the Wet Tropics of Queensland , Malaan National Park to the south and Mount Hypipamee National Park to the west.

Web links

Commons : Millaa Millaa, Queensland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• local-towns - Historical Society

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Millaa Millaa (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ^ Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
3. ↑ Origin of name 1 ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Origin of the name 2
5. ^ History