| Wangetti Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Gatz balancing rocks, Wangetti Beach, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
  Wangetti | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°39′30″S145°34′01″E / 16.6583°S 145.5669°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 68 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.948/km2 (2.456/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4877 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 71.7 km2 (27.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Wangetti is a coastal town and a locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, Wangetti had a population of 68 people. [1]
The Captain Cook Highway runs through the locality from south to north mostly hugging the coastline. [4]
The land is mostly undeveloped and, apart from a small area of freehold land around the town of Wangetii, the vast majority of the locality is part of the Macalister Range National Park. [4] There is no public access to the national park because it is an important cassowary habitat and part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. [5] [6]
The Southedge-Wangetti Road, also known as Quaid Road is a road that was completed by the government in 1989 with no public access linking Wangetti to Southedge.
In the 2016 census, Wangetti had a population of 50 people. [7]
In the 2021 census, Wangetti had a population of 68 people. [1]
Hartley's Crocodile Adventures is a zoo and farm featuring crocodiles and other Australian animals. They were the first place in Australian to breed crocodiles. [8]
Cape York Girl Academy is a private secondary (7-12) boarding school for young Indigenous mothers at 4099 Captain Cook Highway ( 16°39′17″S145°33′51″E / 16.6546°S 145.5643°E ). [9] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 21 students with 3 teachers and 7 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent). [10] Teenage pregnancies often cause a young Indigenous women to drop out of education, so the school was established with the specific aim to enable young Indigenous mothers to complete their education while raising their babies in a supportive environment. [11]
Hope Vale is a town within the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and a coastal locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and the Shire of Cook, both in Queensland, Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2016 census, the locality of Hope Vale had a population of 1,015 people.
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.
Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the 2021 census, the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the influx of tourists during the peak tourism season from May to September. The town is named in honour of a former Premier of Queensland, John Douglas. Port Douglas developed quickly based on the mining industry. Other parts of the area were established with timber cutting in the area surrounding the Daintree River and with settlement starting on lots around the Mossman River by 1880.
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.
Southedge-Wangetti Road Corridor is a 32-kilometre-long (20 mi) stretch of road in Far North Queensland. It links the Captain Cook Highway at Wangetti on the coast just north of Cairns, to the Mulligan Highway at Southedge, just south of Mount Molloy. In November 1983 George Quaid wanted to legally build the road corridor with the approval of the Queensland Government, which was granted. In April 1988 the Australian Government made a regulation under the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 to prevent the road opening. However, the road was completed in early 1989 through some rainforest areas that were later declared Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in late 1989.
Bloomfield is a rural 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.
Cassowary is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cassowary had a population of 119 people.
Biboohra is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Biboohra had a population of 561 people.
Mowbray is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mowbray had a population of 362 people.
Southedge is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Southedge had a population of 21 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.
Killaloe is a coastal rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Killaloe had a population of 124 people.
Macalister Range National Park is a protected area of Queensland in Australia. It is within the locality of Wangetti in the Shire of Douglas and within the Macalister Range locality in the Cairns Region and forms part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
Macalister Range is a coastal locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Macalister Range had "no people or a very low population".
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.
Kimberley is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Kimberley had a population of 28 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.
Lumholtz is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Lumholtz had "no people or a very low population".
