Ducie River

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Ducie
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Location of Ducie River mouth in Queensland
EtymologyIn honour of the Earl of Ducie [1]
Location
Country Australia
State Queensland
Region Far North Queensland
Physical characteristics
SourceRichardson Range, Great Dividing Range
Source confluencePalm Creek and South Palm Creek
  locationwest of Bramwell Roadhouse
  coordinates 12°06′47″S142°25′08″E / 12.11306°S 142.41889°E / -12.11306; 142.41889
  elevation30 m (98 ft)
Mouth Gulf of Carpentaria
  location
Port Musgrave
  coordinates
12°03′S142°01′E / 12.050°S 142.017°E / -12.050; 142.017
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length69 km (43 mi)
Basin size6,746 km2 (2,605 sq mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  rightDulhunty River
[2]

The Ducie River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Contents

Formed by the confluence of the Palm Creek and South Palm Creek, the headwaters of the Ducie River drain the Richardson Range, part of the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally west through stringybark woodlands, tropical savanna plains and wetlands. It enters the Gulf of Carpentaria on the western side of the Cape York Peninsula at Port Musgrave just north of Mapoon. The river descends 31 metres (102 ft) over its 69-kilometre (43 mi) course. [2]

The catchment covers 6,746 square kilometres (2,605 sq mi); [3] there are no major towns or water storage facilities in the watershed.

Much of the river is bordered by gallery rainforest. In its lower reaches it supports an extensive tidal mangrove forest with stands of Nipa Palms. [4]

History

Luthigh (also known as Lotiga, Tepiti and Uradhi, see also Uradhi related languages) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Luthigh people. The traditional language area for Luthigh includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire: Eastern Cape York, Ducie River, Northern Peninsula, New Mapoon, Injinoo, and Cowal Creek. [5]

Teppathiggi (also known Tepithiki and Teyepathiggi) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Cape York, Middle Dulcie River, Lower Batavia River, Ducie River, and Mapoon. The language region includes areas within the local government boundaries of Cook Shire Council. [6]

Uradhi (also known as Anggamudi, Ankamuti, Atampaya, Bawtjathi, and Lotiga) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Cape York Peninsula. The traditional language region includes north of Mapoon and Duyfken Point and east of the coast strip to the north of Port Musgrave (Angkamuthi country) incorporating the mouth of the Ducie River, the lower reaches of the Dulhunty River and the upper reaches of the Skardon River in the north. Following the displacement of Indigenous people by British settlement, it was also spoken in the Northern Peninsula Area Region, including New Mapoon, Injinoo and Cowal Creek communities. [7]

The river was named in 1886 by Francis Lascelles Jardine, a pastoralist, reportedly after the Earl of Ducie, presumably a relative of the Jardine family. [1]

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Map of Ducie River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. "Water resources - Overview - Queensland - Basin & Surface Water Management Area: Ducie River". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  4. "Ducie River". Wild Rivers. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008.
  5. "Luthigh". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Teppathiggi". Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages map. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Uradhi". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland . Retrieved 5 February 2020.