Wrights Creek, Queensland
| Wrights Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Looking west along the cane trameway to the Mulgrave Sugar Mill from Hill Road, Wrights Creek, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°01′16″S 145°46′26″E / 17.0211°S 145.7738°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 160 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 7.05/km2 (18.3/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4869 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 22.7 km2 (8.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Cairns Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mulgrave | ||||||||||||||
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Wrights Creek is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Wrights Creek had a population of 160 people.
The origin of the suburb name is from the Wright brothers who brought cattle to Wrights Creek in the year 1878.