Daintree, Queensland

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Daintree
Queensland
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Windy Reach, Daintree Village, 2016
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Daintree
Coordinates 16°14′58″S145°19′17″E / 16.2494°S 145.3213°E / -16.2494; 145.3213 Coordinates: 16°14′58″S145°19′17″E / 16.2494°S 145.3213°E / -16.2494; 145.3213
Population129 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density20.48/km2 (53.0/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4873
Area6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Douglas
State electorate(s) Cook
Federal division(s) Leichhardt
Localities around Daintree:
Upper Daintree Forest Creek Forest Creek
Stewart Creek Valley Daintree Lower Daintree
Stewart Creek Valley Lower Daintree Lower Daintree

Daintree is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census, Daintree had a population of 129 people. [1]

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Geography

Daintree is a settlement in North Queensland 111 kilometres (69 mi) north of Cairns and 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Port Douglas, Queensland. The McDowell Ranges are near the town while the Daintree River flows nearby. It takes its name from Richard Daintree, a pioneering geologist of British origin in North Queensland in the 1860s. It is within the local government area of Shire of Douglas (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Cairns Region). At the 2006 census, Daintree and the surrounding area had a population of 78. [4]

History

Kuku Yalanji (also known as Gugu Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, and Kuku Yelandji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Mossman and Daintree areas of North Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. [5]

Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville. [6]

The town takes its name from the Daintree River, which was named on 6 December 1873 by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple, after geologist and photographer Richard Daintree (1832-1878). [2]

Daintree Village was first settled in the late 1870s and early 1880s by timber workers seeking Toona Australis , commonly (if incorrectly) known as Red Cedar, in the nearby Daintree Rainforest. There were sizeable stocks of "Red Cedar" near the Daintree River. Loggers moved timber down the river to the coast using lashed rafts.

Dairy farms were later established, allowing a butter factory to be opened in 1924. Beef farming later became a significant local employer.

As elsewhere in Queensland, tourism has become an important employer. Daintree Village became famous for early morning tours on the Daintree River and has been popular with visiting birdwatchers. The dawn river trips became a catalyst for the many B&B's that sprang up, which are an important employer of local families. Red Mill House, Daintree Village, established in 1993, was the first B&B in the Douglas Shire and paved the way for many others.

Queensland's Wet Tropics became world heritage listed in 1986. Daintree is part of the wet tropics and the most famous national park close to the tourism hub of Port Douglas. [7]

Education

Daintree State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Osborne Street ( 16°14′57″S145°19′13″E / 16.2493°S 145.3202°E / -16.2493; 145.3202 (Daintree State School) ). [8] [9] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 15 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Daintree (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Daintree – town in Shire of Douglas (entry 9181)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Daintree – locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48597)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Daintree (Douglas Shire) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  5. ↑ CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Kuku Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ↑ CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "World Heritage Values | Wet Tropics Management Authority".
  8. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Daintree State School" . Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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