Paluma, Queensland
| Paluma Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Looking towards the Coral Sea from Paluma, 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°00′34″S 146°12′34″E / 19.0094°S 146.2094°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 87 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.03789/km2 (0.0981/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4816 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,296.2 km2 (886.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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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.