Damper Creek Queensland |
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Coordinates | 18°22′11″S 146°06′01″E / 18.36972°S 146.10028°ECoordinates: 18°22′11″S 146°06′01″E / 18.36972°S 146.10028°E | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4849 | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Damper Creek is a coastal locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Damper Creek is bounded to the east by the Hinchinbrook Channel which the mainland from the Hinchinbrook Island. The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality. The North Coast railway line also passes from south to north through the locality, roughly parallel and to the east of the highway.
Most of the locality is low-lying coastal land which is relatively undeveloped apart from areas used for aquaculture. In the north-west and south-west corners of the locality, the land rises sharply into the Cardwell Range.
Damper Creek has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: