Bonnie Doon, Queensland

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Bonnie Doon
Queensland
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Bonnie Doon
Coordinates 16°27′48″S145°23′56″E / 16.4633°S 145.3988°E / -16.4633; 145.3988 Coordinates: 16°27′48″S145°23′56″E / 16.4633°S 145.3988°E / -16.4633; 145.3988
Population372 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density20.55/km2 (53.23/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4873
Area18.1 km2 (7.0 sq mi)
LGA(s) Shire of Douglas
State electorate(s) Cook
Federal Division(s) Leichhardt
Suburbs around Bonnie Doon:
Mossman Newell Cooya Beach
Mossman Bonnie Doon Coral Sea
Shannonvale Cassowary Killaloe

Bonnie Doon is a coastal rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Bonnie Doon had a population of 372 people. [1]

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Geography

Bonnie Doon is bounded to the north by the Mossman River, to the east by the Coral Sea, and to the south by the Captain Cook Highway. The South Mossman River and its tributary Cassowary Creek flow from the south and, after, their confluence, the South Mossman River becomes the north-western boundary of the locality, until its confluence with the Mossman River. [3]

History

In October 1878, William Henry Buchanan selected 400 acres of land on the south bank of the Mossman River, calling it Bonnie Doon. [4]

On 22 October 1886, the murder of William Thompson by his wife Ellen Thompson and her lover John Harrison, a worker at Bonnie Doon resulted in both of them being hung at Boggo Road Gaol in Brisbane on 13 June 1887. Ellen Thompson was the only women ever hung in Queensland. [5] [6]

On 23 August 1897, the sugarcane from Bonnie Doon was the first to be crushed at the Mossman Sugar Mill. [4]

Bonnie Doon Provisional School opened about January 1915 as a half time school, sharing a teacher with Hutton Park Provisional School. They both closed about August 1922. [7]

Education

There are no schools in Bonnie Doon, but there are primary and secondary schools in neighbouring Mossman. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bonnie Doon (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Bonnie Doon – locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48536)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Brief History Of Mossman, Far North Queensland". Douglas Shire Historical Society. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ellen Thomson". Douglas Shire Historical Society. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Execution of Ellen Thompson". The Telegraph (4, 580). Queensland, Australia. 13 June 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  8. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 26 November 2018.


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