Paluma, Queensland
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Looking towards the Coral Sea from Paluma, 2005 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 19°00′34″S 146°12′34″E / 19.0094°S 146.2094°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 2,296.2 km2 (886.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 87 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.03789/km2 (0.0981/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4816 | ||||||||||||
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Paluma is a town in the City of Townsville and a locality split between the City of Townsville and the Charters Towers Region in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Paluma had a population of 87 people.
It is in the Mount Spec Ranges and is the southernmost point of Townsville's heritage-listed Wet Tropics.