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Iron Range
Queensland
Portland Roads - Gordon Strip roadsign, Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park, Cape York, Queensland, Australia.jpg
Road sign at the junction of Lockhart River Road and Portland Road, 2014
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Iron Range
Coordinates 12°39′16″S143°19′41″E / 12.6544°S 143.3280°E / -12.6544; 143.3280 (Iron Range (centre of locality))
Population30 (SAL 2021) [1]
Area738.5 km2 (285.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Cook
State electorate(s) Cook
Federal division(s) Leichhardt
Suburbs around Iron Range:
Shelburne Coral Sea Coral Sea
Lockhart River Iron Range Coral Sea
Lockhart River Lockhart River Lockhart River

Iron Range is a coastal locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. [2] The town of Portland Road is on a north-east headland in the locality. [3] In the 2021 census, Iron Range had a population of 30 people. [4]

Contents

Geography

Iron Range is on the north-east coast of the Cape York Peninsula. [5]

Weymouth Bay is off the north-eastern coast of locality. [5]

The town of Portland Road is on a north-east headland in the locality ( 12°35′51″S143°24′40″E / 12.5975°S 143.4111°E / -12.5975; 143.4111 (Portland Road) ). [3]

Apart from the Portland Road area, most of the locality of Iron Range is occupied by the Kutini Payamu National Park (formerly the Iron Range National Park). [5]

The locality has the following headlands:

Mountains

Mount Tozer, 2014 Mount Tozer, 2014.jpg
Mount Tozer, 2014

The locality has the following mountains:

History

Portland Road, 2014 Portland Road, 2014.jpg
Portland Road, 2014

The town of Portland Road is named after the harbour of the same name. [3] The harbour first appeared on an 1897 British Admiralty Chart. [27]

In early 1934, Jack Gordon prospected the Iron Range locality from the Packers Creek field near Portland Roads. In June 1934, he followed a gold trail up a tributary of Gordon Creek, a branch of the Claudie River, and discovered what was later called the Iron Range Reef. [28]

Within two years, the region was a hive of activity with 45 men working along an 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) strip. Although the original ore was shipped and railed to the Venus battery at Charters Towers for treatment, the Iron Range mill was in full operation by November 1936 after a Huntington mill was erected by Jack Gordon at the mine following great difficulties in transportation. This was soon followed by crushing machines on the Golden Gate and Scarlet Pimpernel leases. In 1938, the Iron Range mill operated for most of the year; a cyanide plant was installed and 29 men were employed. [28]

On 11 November 1948, as part of a centenary commemoration, a monument to explorer Edmund Kennedy and his ill-fated expedition to explore Cape York Peninsula was erected at Portland Road near a spring where the expedition drew water in 1848. [29] [30]

On 11 April 2014, the former locality of Lockhart was split into two new localities: Iron Range and Lockhart River. The locality of Iron Range takes its name from the Iron Range National Park (now known as the Kutini-Payamu National Park). [2]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Iron Range had a population of 14 people. [31]

In the 2021 census, Iron Range had a population of 30 people. [4]

Heritage listings

Gordon's Mine and Mill, 2002 Gordon's Mine and Mill (2002).jpg
Gordon's Mine and Mill, 2002

Iron Range has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

There are no schools in Iron Range. The nearest government school is Lockhart River State School in neighbouring Lockhart River to the south, which provides primary and secondary schooling. [33]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Iron Range (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Iron Range (entry 49102)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Portland Road – population centre in Cook Shire (entry 43618)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Iron Range (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Cape Griffith – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 14892)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Cape Weymouth – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 37170)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Aylen Hills – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 1061)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Barrett Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 1747)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Black Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 2861)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Briar Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 4455)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Ham Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 15259)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Joyce Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 17379)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Lambert Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 18851)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  16. ↑ "Lamond Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 18892)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  17. ↑ "Mount Dobson – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 10242)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "Mount Tozer – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 35104)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  19. ↑ "North Pap – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 24688)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  20. ↑ "Ogilvie Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 25240)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  21. ↑ "Philip Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 26557)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  22. ↑ "Red Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 28156)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  23. ↑ "Robyn Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 28607)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  24. ↑ "Simpson Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 30879)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  25. ↑ "South Pap – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 31511)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  26. ↑ "Tattam Hill – mountain in Cook Shire (entry 33432)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  27. ↑ "Portland Road – harbour in Cook Shire (entry 27362)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  28. 1 2 "Gordon's Mine and Mill (entry 601860)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  29. ↑ "EXPLORER E. B. C. KENNEDY". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Vol. LXIX. Queensland, Australia. 28 December 1948. p. 5. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  30. ↑ "EXPLORER KENNEDY HONOURED". Cairns Post . No. 14, 568. Queensland, Australia. 12 November 1948. p. 5. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  31. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Iron Range (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  32. ↑ "Gordon's Mine and Mill (entry 601860 )". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  33. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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