Moresby, Queensland

The town is north of centre within the locality. It is bounded in the north-east by the Moresby River, in the south-east by its tributary Little Moresby Creek and in the south by its tributary Boobah Creek.{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=30 July 2017}}

The Bruce Highway traverses the locality from south to north, passing through the town. The North Coast railway line traverses the locality from the south-west to the north-west, passing to the west of the town, but there is no railway station within the locality. There are sugarcane tramways in the locality.

Most of the land in the locality is flat and low-lying (10 metres about sea level) and is used for crops, principally sugarcane. The land in the far west of the locality rises up toward peaks in neighbouring Basilisk; the lower levels are used for grazing while the upper levels are not cleared.

The town takes its name from the Moresby Range, which was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple after hydrographer Captain John Moresby of HMS Basilisk.{{Cite QPN|22806|Moresby|mountain range in the Cassowary Coast Regin|accessdate=30 July 2017}}

Moresby State School opened in August 1915 with 11 students with teacher Miss Mary Agnes McGuigan.{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web |date=2012-03-20 |title=History |url=http://moresbyss.eq.edu.au/wcms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=35 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320101933/http://moresbyss.eq.edu.au/wcms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=35 |archive-date=2012-03-20 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Moresby State School}} In 1928, the school building was relocated from Kaban for re-erection at Moresby.{{cite news |date=25 April 1928 |title=BRISBANE STATE SCHOOLS |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179326622 |accessdate=27 December 2024 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |page=11 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia |issue=17,283}} Moresby State School closed on 9 September 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/directory/schools/resources/change-register.xls|title=Register of Recent School Openings, Closures and Name Changes|website=Department of Education and Training|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004055900/http://education.qld.gov.au/directory/schools/resources/change-register.xls|archive-date=4 October 2017|access-date=30 July 2017|url-status=dead}} The school was at 2-20 Moresby Road ({{Coord|-17.63466|146.02829|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Moresby State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Town of Moresby |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-town-moresby-1973/original |access-date=16 August 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816054505/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-town-moresby-1973/original |url-status=live }} The school's website was archived.{{Cite web |date=2012-07-28 |title=Moresby State School |url=http://moresbyss.eq.edu.au/wcms// |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728055147/http://moresbyss.eq.edu.au/wcms// |archive-date=2012-07-28 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Moresby State School}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Moresby had a population of 149 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31933|name=Moresby (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Moresby had a population of 150 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31915|name=Moresby (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

There are no schools in Moresby. The nearest government primary schools are Mourilyan State School in Mourilyan to the north and South Johnstone State School in South Johnstone to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north. There are also non-government schools in the Innisfail area.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

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• {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997118684702061 |title=Moresby State School: Jubilee, 1915-1965 |date=1965}} — via State Library of Queensland
• {{cite book |url=https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997341034702061 |title=The first 75 years : Moresby State School and district |vauthors=((Bortolanza, S.)), ((Russo, D.)) |date=1990 |publisher=Moresby State School}} — via State Library of Queensland

• {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-moresby-1973.jpg|title=Town map of Moresby|date=1973|publisher=Queensland Government}}

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