Moresby is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

[4] The Bruce Highway traverses the locality from south to north, passing through the town.

[4] Most of the land in the locality is flat and low-lying (10 metres about sea level) and is used for crops, principally sugarcane.

[4] 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.

[2][5] Moresby State School opened in August 1915 with 11 students with teacher Miss Mary Agnes McGuigan.