Stokes, Queensland

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Stokes
Queensland
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Alexandra River, at Stokes, 2013
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Stokes
Coordinates 18°40′27″S140°30′07″E / 18.6741°S 140.5019°E / -18.6741; 140.5019 (Stokes (centre of locality))
Population75 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.00640/km2 (0.01658/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4823
Area11,715.0 km2 (4,523.2 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Carpentaria
State electorate(s) Traeger
Federal division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Stokes:
Carpentaria Normanton Claraville
Gregory Stokes Fielding
Gidya Four Ways Taldora

Stokes is an outback locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Stokes had a population of 75 people. [1]

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Geography

Leichhart River at Stokes, 2013 Leichardt River - panoramio (10).jpg
Leichhart River at Stokes, 2013

The Leichhardt River forms the western boundary of the locality. Together with the Alexandra River, the Cloncurry River, the Flinders River and the Saxby River and numerous creeks, they all flow from south to north through the locality. The Alexandra River becomes a tributary of the Leichhardt River at the north-western point of the locality and the Cloncurry River and Saxby Rivers both become tributaries of the Flinders River in the north-east of the locality, leaving only the Leichhardt and Flinders Rivers to continue to flow into the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north. [3]

Termite mounds along the Burke Developmental Road, 2019 Termite mounds along the Burke Developmental Road, Stokes, Queensland, June 2019 01.jpg
Termite mounds along the Burke Developmental Road, 2019

The Burke Developmental Road passes through the locality from north-east to south. The Wills Developmental Road passes through the south-west of the locality. The roads intersect at the neighbouring locality of Four Ways to the south. The land is entirely used for pastoral leases and is mostly flat at approximately 50 metres above sea level. [3]

The flatness of the land gives emphasis to a hill locally known as Bang Bang Jump Up on the Burke Developmental Road as it is the only sudden change in elevation within a very long distance and is of interest to tourists both as a lookout over the surrounding countryside and because they find the name amusing. [4] [5]

History

The locality is named after John Lort Stokes, who was commanding officer of HMS Beagle from 1841 to 1846. [2]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Stokes had a population of 84 people. [6]

In the 2021 census, Stokes had a population of 75 people. [1]

Education

There are no schools in Stokes nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stokes (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Stokes – locality in Shire of Carpentaria (entry 42918)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Normanton > Attractions". Explore Australia Publishing. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Travelogue of NW Queensland and the Northern Territory". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stokes (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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