| Rocky Point Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Rocky Point | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°37′08″S141°53′08″E / 12.6188°S 141.8855°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,957 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 416/km2 (1,078/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4874 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Weipa Town | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Rocky Point is a residential locality in the Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Rocky Point had a population of 1,957 people. [1]
Over half of the land in Rocky Point is used for residential housing with the remainder undeveloped. [3]
Weipa North State School opened on 14 March 1966. On 1 January 2002 it became the Weipa campus of the Western Cape College. [4]
In the 2016 census Rocky Point had a population of 1,957 people. [1]
The Weipa Town Authority provides the Hibberd Library in Hibberd Drive. [5]
St Joseph's Catholic Church is on Boundary Road at Rocky Point. It is within the Weipa Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns. [6]
Western Cape College is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls. Its Weipa Campus is at Central Avenue ( 12°37′36″S141°52′48″E / 12.6268°S 141.8801°E ). [7] [8] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 958 students with 88 teachers (85 full-time equivalent) and 76 non-teaching staff (62 full-time equivalent). [9] It includes a special education program. [7] It offers boarding facilities at Lot 50 Tamarind Road ( 12°37′38″S141°53′23″E / 12.6273°S 141.8897°E ). [7]
Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and locality situated on the southern side of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Gordonvale had a population of 6,944 people.
Weipa is a coastal mining town in the local government area of Weipa Town in Queensland. It is the largest town on the Cape York Peninsula. It exists because of the enormous bauxite deposits along the coast. The Port of Weipa is mainly involved in exports of bauxite. There are also shipments of live cattle from the port.
Normanton is an outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 census, the locality of Normanton had a population of 1,391 people, and the town of Normanton had a population of 1,326 people.
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Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf Country. The waters of Torres Strait include the only international border in the area contiguous with the Australian mainland, between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Babinda is a rural town and locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Babinda had a population of 1,253 people.
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Mapoon is a coastal town in the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon and a locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon and the Shire of Cook in Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mapoon had a population of 317 people.
Napranum is a remote town in the locality of Mission River in the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 census, the town of Napranum had a population of 950.
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.
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Nanum is a coastal residential locality in Weipa Town, Far North Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Nanum had a population of 921 people.
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Weipa Town is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It covers the town of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula, including the localities of Rocky Point, Trunding, Nanum, Evans Landing, and Weipa Airport. It is an unusual local government area as it is not governed and managed by a council elected by residents but rather by the company Rio Tinto Aluminium through a governing body called the Weipa Town Authority. In June 2018, Weipa Town had a population of 4,240.
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Manunda is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Manunda had a population of 5,390 people.
Daradgee is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Daradgee had a population of 74 people.
Mission River is a coastal rural locality split between the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum in Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mission River had a population of 987 people.
Trunding is a coastal residential locality in the Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Trunding had a population of 929 people.
