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Waugh Pocket, Queensland

Waugh Pocket
Queensland
Farm buildings, Waugh Pocket, 2018.jpg
Farm buildings, Waugh Pocket, 2018
Waugh Pocket is located in Queensland
Waugh Pocket
Waugh Pocket
Coordinates 17°26′27″S 145°55′54″E / 17.4408°S 145.9316°E / -17.4408; 145.9316Coordinates: 17°26′27″S 145°55′54″E / 17.4408°S 145.9316°E / -17.4408; 145.9316
Population 41 (2016 census)
 • Density 3.94/km2 (10.21/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4871
Area 10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
LGA(s) Cairns Region
State electorate(s) Hill
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Waugh Pocket:
Ngatjan Eubenangee Eubenangee
Woopen Creek Waugh Pocket Eubenangee
Ngatjan Ngatjan Vasa Views

Waugh Pocket is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Waugh Pocket had a population of 41 people.

Waugh Pocket is bounded to the north-east by the Bruce Highway. It consists of a mixture of lower-lying land (about 20 metres about sea level) which is used for agriculture (a mixture of cattle grazing and banana farming) and hilly undeveloped land (rising from 20 metres to up to 80 metres). All land in the locality is freehold.

Robert Waugh and Robert McArdle explored the area in the 1880s. Robert Waugh settled in the area and it is named Waugh Pocket after him. Waugh was a farmer who served as a councillor on the Cairns Divisional Board.


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