Dimbulah, Queensland
| Dimbulah Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Farming at Dumbula, circa 1958 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°08′56″S 145°06′39″E / 17.1488°S 145.1108°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 975 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.3855/km2 (3.5885/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1876 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4872 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 703.7 km2 (271.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Mareeba | ||||||||||||||
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| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Dimbulah is a rural town and locality in Far North Queensland, Australia, 114 kilometres (71 mi) from Cairns by road, on the Atherton Tableland. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). In the 2021 census, the locality of Dimbulah had a population of 975 people, a decrease from the 1,050 people in the 2016 census.
The historic mining town of Wolfram is within the locality.