Kimberley Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 16°16′29″S145°27′27″E / 16.2747°S 145.4575°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 28 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.480/km2 (1.244/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4873 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 58.3 km2 (22.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Shire of Douglas | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Kimberley is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Kimberley had a population of 28 people. [1]
The locality is bounded to the south by the Daintree River and to the south-east, east, and north-east by the Coral Sea. [3]
Cape Tribulation Road enters the locality from the west (Forest Creek) and meanders through the centre of the locality and then exits to the north-west (Cow Bay). [3]
Much of the locality is within the Daintree National Park. Other land uses includes grazing on native vegetation and horticulture. [3]
The locality has a number of coastal and off-shore features (from north to south):
The locality takes its name from Cape Kimberley, which in turn was named on 24 October 1873 after John Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley (Secretary of State for the Colonies) by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple. [2] [12]
The town of Kimberley was surveyed in December 1886 and later renamed the town of Whitby, after the town in England from which James Cook set sail in HMS Endeavour. The town was abandoned in the late 1800s. It was located on the northern bank of the Daintree River ( 16°16′23″S145°26′39″E / 16.27306°S 145.44417°E ). [13] [14]
In the 2016 census, Kimberley had a population of 33 people. [15]
In the 2021 census, Kimberley had a population of 28 people. [1]
Walu Wugirriga Lookout (also known as Mount Alexandra Lookout) is on Cape Tribulation Road ( 16°14′45″S145°26′10″E / 16.2458°S 145.4362°E ). [16] It provides views across the mouth of the Daintree River and beyond to Snapper Island and the Low Isles. [17]
Hope Islands National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia) 1,521 km north-west of Brisbane. The park consists of four islands: East Hope and West Hope, Snapper Island and Struck Island.
Daintree is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Daintree had a population of 129 people.
Cape Tribulation is a headland and coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas in northern Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 123 people.
Mossman is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the Douglas Shire Council In the 2016 census, the locality of Mossman had a population of 1,937 people.
Wonga Beach is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. The town of Wonga is within the locality. In the 2016 census, Wonga Beach had a population of 975 people.
Bloomfield is a town in the Shire of Cook and a coastal locality which is split between the Shire of Cook and the Shire of Douglas in Queensland, Australia. The neighbourhood of Ayton is within the locality. In the 2016 census, Bloomfield had a population of 204 people.
Miallo is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Miallo had a population of 376 people.
Mowbray is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mowbray had a population of 362 people.
Cow Bay is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cow Bay had a population of 220 people.
Whyanbeel is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Whyanbeel had a population of 172 people.
Shannonvale is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Shannonvale had a population of 202 people.
Rocky Point is a coastal rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Rocky Point had a population of 129 people.
Newell is a coastal town and rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. It is a sugarcane growing district.
Oak Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Oak Beach had a population of 195 people.
Diwan is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Diwan had a population of 169 people.
Lower Daintree is a coastal rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Lower Daintree had a population of 83 people.
Forest Creek is a locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Forest Creek had a population of 136 people.
Thornton Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Thornton Beach had a population of 8 people.
Low Isles is an offshore locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. Located in the Coral Sea, the islands are due east of Rocky Point and approximately 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) north-east of Port Douglas on the Queensland mainland coast. In the 2021 census, Low Isles had a population of 8 people.
Mamu is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mamu had "no people or a very low population". Mamu’s postcode is 4871.