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Basalt, Queensland

Basalt is a rural locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Basalt had a population of 215 people.

In the north and west lies the Clarke River. The Burdekin River drains the south where a confluence of waterways meet. Dalrymple National Park was established along the Burdekin in 1990. The Great Basalt Wall National Park is in the south-west of the locality in two sections.

The area has road access via the Gregory Developmental Road. The Hervey Range Developmental Road enters from the east to intersect the Gregory Highway.

The now-closed Greenvale railway line passed through the locality with Tulay railway station now abandoned (19°14′07″S 145°39′26″E / 19.2354°S 145.6572°E / -19.2354; 145.6572 (Tulay railway station)).

Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.

In the 2011 census, Basalt had a population of 229 people.

In the 2016 census, Basalt had a population of 190 people.

In the 2021 census, Basalt had a population of 215 people.

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