| Cowley Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Cowley Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°41′45″S146°01′58″E / 17.6958°S 146.0327°E Coordinates: 17°41′45″S146°01′58″E / 17.6958°S 146.0327°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 13 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.69/km2 (4.37/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.7 km2 (3.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Cowley Creek is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Cowley Creek had a population of 13 people. [1]
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.
The Cassowary Coast Region is a local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Cardwell and Tully. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Cardwell and the Shire of Johnstone.
Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).
