Julatten

History

The area, which was settled in the early 1920s and originally known as Bushy Creek, takes its name from the railway station, which in turn was named by the Queensland Railways Department and is an Aboriginal word meaning small creek. The railway was opened to Rumula on 5 December 1926. In 1926, Charles May of Mossman proposed that a road should be built across the Great Dividing Range to connect Julatten with Mossman. After difficulties in choosing a route, The Mossman - Mount Molloy Road was officially opened on 2 January 1949 by the Queensland Minister for Agriculture Harold Collins. It was also named the Rex Range Road in honour of R.D. Rex, the Chairman of Douglas Shire who persisted in his efforts to see the road built. In January 2020, a memorial to Charles May was established on a lookout. Euluma State School opened circa 1935 and closed circa 1951.

Geography

Julatten is on the eastern edge of the Atherton Tableland (about above sea level). The steep north-eastern part of the locality consists of protected areas being the Mount Lewis National Park and the Mowbray National Park. The Mossman - Mount Molloy Road (also known as the Rex Range Road) traverses the locality from the north-east on the coastal plain up to the south-west passing through the area of Julatten on the tableland. Julatten produces sugar cane and beef cattle and has barramundi farms.

Most-observed species

• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  5,353
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  4,812
• Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

  Meliphaga notata (Gould, 1867) · Aves
  4,005
• Australasian Figbird

  Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  3,874
• Rufous Shrikethrush

  Colluricincla rufogaster Gould, 1845 · Aves
  3,519
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  3,505
• Spectacled Monarch

  Symposiachrus trivirgatus (Temminck, 1826) · Aves
  3,452
• Peaceful Dove

  Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 · Aves
  3,431