Tolga is a town on the Atherton Tableland

Atherton Tableland

The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It is located west to south-south-west inland from Cairns, well into the tropics, but its elevated position provides a climate suitable for dairy farming. It has an area of around...

 in Far North

Far North Queensland

Far North Queensland, or FNQ, is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. The region, which contains a large section of the Tropical North Queensland area, stretches from the city of Cairns north to the Torres Strait...

 Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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, and is the centre of the regions peanut industry. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Tolga had a population of 843.

The name Tolga means red mud in the local Aboriginal language. The town was originally called Martintown, and grew out of a Cobb and Co

Cobb and Co

Cobb and Co is the name of a transportation company in Australia. It was prominent in the late 19th century when it operated stagecoaches to many areas in the outback and at one point in several other countries, as well....

 staging post at Rocky Creek.
Tolga Markets are held at the Tolga Racecourse from 7am to 12pm on the first Sunday of each month.
Local produce, hand crafted items, clothing, tools and food are commonly found for sale.
It is considered the second most popular market held on the Atherton Tableland, only slightly smaller than the Yungaburra

Yungaburra, Queensland

Yungaburra is a town located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia, not far from Cairns. At the 2006 census, Yungaburra had a population of 932.-History:...

 Markets.
The Tolga Scrub on the southern side of town is one of the last remaining areas of Mabi rainforest

Mabi forest

Mabi forests are a type of critically endangered, indigenous Australian ecological community, remnant patches of which can only be found on some of the fertile basalt soils of either North Queensland's Atherton Tablelands, or at , along the Annan RiverA Threatened Species Scientific Committee...

on the Atherton Tableland.