Musgrave, Queensland
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Musgrave is a neighbourhood in Queensland, Australia. It is within the locality of Yarraden in the local government area of the Shire of Cook. It bordered on the tribal lands of the Yetteneru to the east.
History
The Musgrave Telegraph Office was erected in 1886 and commenced operation on 23 December that year. It was named after the then Governor of Queensland, Sir Anthony Musgrave, It was constructed as one of several telegraph offices on the overland Cape York Telegraph Line from Laura, at the southern end of Cape York Peninsula, to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. This telegraph was considered one of the outstanding achievements in the development of Queensland's colonial telegraph network
On 22 June 1929, the Musgrave Telegraph Office was closed, but building was reused as a station homestead. It is now part of the Musgrave Roadhouse complex, which serves travellers on the Peninsula Developmental Road.
Heritage listings
Musgrave has a number of heritage-listed sites, including
- Musgrave Telegraph Station, Peninsula Developmental Road (14°46′57″S 143°29′05″E/14.7825°S 143.4847°E/ -14.7825; 143.4847(Musgrave Telegraph Station (now roadhouse)))
Geography
Climate
Musgrave has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) with a wet season from November to April and a long dry season from May to October. On average, the town experiences 45.8 clear days and 131.0 cloudy days per annum. The wettest recorded day was 17 April 1894 with 348.2mm (13.71in) of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from 41.8°C (107.2°F) on 1 December 1992 to 2.4°C (36.3°F) on 29 July 1996.
| Climate data for Musgrave (14°47′S 143°30′E/14.78°S 143.50°E/ -14.78; 143.50) (79m (259ft) AMSL) (1887-2025) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.9 (103.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.4 (97.5) | 39.6 (103.3) | 40.4 (104.7) | 41.0 (105.8) | 41.8 (107.2) | 41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.7 (87.3) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 34.6 (94.3) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.8 (94.6) | 32.4 (90.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 13.7 (56.7) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 18.8 (65.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.2 (46.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 2.4 (36.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 2.4 (36.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 271.1 (10.67) | 295.2 (11.62) | 239.3 (9.42) | 73.6 (2.90) | 15.1 (0.59) | 9.4 (0.37) | 4.1 (0.16) | 2.9 (0.11) | 3.4 (0.13) | 13.8 (0.54) | 59.2 (2.33) | 182.2 (7.17) | 1,176.3 (46.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 17.0 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 10.3 | 77.9 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 66 | 72 | 68 | 57 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 47 | 57 | 54 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.4 (59.7) | 17.1 (62.8) | 18.4 (65.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1887-2025) |
Attribution
This Wikipedia article incorporates text frompublished by theState of Queenslandunderlicence (accessed on 7 July 2014,on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were computed from thepublished by theState of Queenslandunderlicence (accessed on 5 September 2014,on 15 October 2014).
External links
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