Basilisk, Queensland

Basilisk is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Basilisk had "no people or a very low population".

Geography
The locality is almost entirely composed of the Basilisk Range which rises from land close to sea level at the east to a series of unnamed peaks of from 200 to 400 metres. The central and southern area of the locality forms the Basilisk Range National Park. While the northern part of the locality is freehold land, it has not generally been cleared. There are only a few small pockets of land at the foot of the range used for farming.

History
The name Basilisk was the original name of the nearby town South Johnstone until 1954.

Demographics
In the Basilisk had "no people or a very low population".

In the, Basilisk had "no people or a very low population".