Feluga, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Feluga is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Feluga had a population of 306 people.
Geography
Feluga is in a valley with a high rainfall. The land is mostly flat, 30 to 40 metres (98 to 131 ft) above sea level, but rises to 90 metres (300 ft) towards the north-west boundary with neighbouring locality Walter Hill which is mountainous terrain.
The predominant land use is growing sugarcane.
The Bruce Highway is the eastern boundary of the locality. The North Coast railway line runs parallel and immediately west of the highway but there are no railway stations serving the locality. There is a network of cane tramways to deliver the harvested sugarcane to the sugar mill in Tully.
History
The locality was established as a railway station as the North Coast railway line was being built in the 1920s. It was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 25 November 1921, although rails were not actually laid to the station location until late 1922.
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