39-565: Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in the Shire of Cook , Queensland , Australia. The national park was previously named Cape Melville National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013. The park is 1,711 km northwest of Brisbane . Its main features are the rocky headlands of Cape Melville , granite boulders of the Melville Range and beaches of Bathurst Bay . The national park
78-704: A new status as Aboriginal Shires. This formed part of the Meeting Challenges, Making Choices strategy developed in response to the Cape York Justice Study undertaken by Justice Fitzgerald QC in November 2001. The Local Government Reform process in July 2007 concluded that amalgamation of the Shire would not result in any benefits to service delivery and management for the area, noting that it
117-506: A subsidiary company of the Canadian company Alcan, was granted a 105-year mining lease (ML7031, formerly Special bauxite lease No. 8) covering 1,690 square miles (4,400 km ) in the hinterland behind Mapoon. From the 1960s, Jean Jimmy and other former mission residents lobbied for the re-establishment of the community at Old Mapoon. In 1974, Jerry and Ina Hudson and several other families returned to Old Mapoon and, in 1984, established
156-632: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Far North Queensland geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shire of Cook The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland , Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula , the most northerly section of the Australian mainland. It covers an area of 105,718 square kilometres (40,817.9 sq mi), and
195-641: Is an Australian Aboriginal language . Its traditional language region is in Western Cape York within the local government areas of Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama and Shire of Cook, in the catchments of the Coleman River and Mitchell River . Following the removal of Aboriginal people from their traditional lands, it is also spoken in Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama . Kuuku Ya'u (also known as Gugu Yau, Yao, Ya'o, Koko Ya'o and Koka-yao )
234-539: Is an Australian Aboriginal language . The traditional language area of Kuuku Ya'u includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire: Eastern Cape York , Uu'ungun south to Claudie River and hinterland. Kuuk Thaayorre (also known as Koko-Daiyuri, Kuku Yak, Thayorre , and used as a generic name for several related languages/dialects) is an Australian Aboriginal Language spoken on Western Cape York , particularly in
273-491: Is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yupanguthi country. The Yupanguthi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Cook. Linngithigh (also known as Winda Winda and Linginiti ) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Linngithigh people. The Linngithigh language region includes landscape within
312-635: Is the largest LGA in the state. The shire was established in 1919. The Daintree and Hann Divisions were created on 11 November 1879 as two of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 . With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902 , they became the Shires of Daintree and Hann on 31 March 1903. On 16 January 1919, they merged to form the Shire of Cook. The Borough of Cooktown
351-644: The Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale – shared with the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River – shared with the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon And also a number of islands in the Coral Sea , including: The Cook Shire Council operates public libraries at Bloomfield and Cooktown . The population of the Shire of Cook, along with Torres, Aurukun and Mornington, have been singled out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), who conduct
390-842: The Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984. After its establishment, the Mapoon Aboriginal Council became one of the trustees of the Mapoon Land Trust. On 1 January 2005, under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 (CGA), the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon was established and the Mapoon Aboriginal Council became the Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council. In the 2016 census ,
429-528: The Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act (1865) (Qld) in 1901. Mapoon’s status as an industrial school meant that it became an official location for the institutionalisation of Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their parents under this legislation. Around this time, Aboriginal groups from the Pine and Pennefather Rivers began moving into the mission as the reserve was expanded south to incorporate
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#1732790337494468-427: The Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon had a population of 432 people. Most local government areas are a single contiguous area (possibly including islands). However, Aboriginal Shires are often defined as a number of disjoint areas each containing an Indigenous community. In the case of the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon, there are three areas all within the locality of Mapoon (which is otherwise within the Shire of Cook ), two to
507-723: The Australian Bureau of Statistics included the Island and DOGIT councils within the Shire of Cook statistical local area. Information for the reduced Shire back to 1996 has been provided on the ABS website through the Time Series Profile. Guugu Yimithirr (also known as Koko Yindjir, Gugu Yimidhirr, Guguyimidjir) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Hope Vale and the Cooktown area. The language region includes
546-666: The Cook Shire. Kuku Yalanji (also known as Gugu Yalanji , Kuku Yalaja , and Kuku Yelandji ) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Mossman and Daintree areas of North Queensland . The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River , China Camp, Maytown , Palmer , Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal . Yupanguthi (also known as Yuputhimri, Jupangati, Yupangathi, Nggerikudi, Yupungati, Jupangati)
585-535: The Cook Shire: Eastern Cape York , Ducie River , Northern Peninsula , New Mapoon , Injinoo , and Cowal Creek . Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji , Kuku Yalaja , Kuku Yelandji , and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland . The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in
624-667: The Director of Native Affairs, Patrick Killoran , to enforce the removal of 23 people to Bamaga . Several houses and buildings were burnt on the day to prevent their return, though a police report of this event has never been located. The remaining 70 people at Mapoon were transported to Weipa and New Mapoon between January and May 1964. In 1965, the Queensland Government passed the Alcan Queensland Pty. Limited Agreement Act 1965 . Aluminium Laboratories,
663-626: The Director of Native Affairs, Cornelius O’Leary, for the dismissal of the then Superintendent Reverend R G Holmes and against his intention to relocate the mission to Red Beach. O’Leary and the Superintendent of Aurukun , Bill McKenzie, went to Mapoon to "restore order". By 1954, the government was very critical of Presbyterian mission management, and began pressuring the Presbyterian Church to close Mapoon and Mornington Island missions. Most Mapoon residents strongly protested
702-661: The Marpuna Aboriginal Corporation, which gradually built up community facilities. The Mapoon Aboriginal reserve, previously held by the Queensland Government, was transferred on 26 April 1989 to the trusteeship of the Mapoon Land Trust under a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT). On 25 March 2000, after many years of lobbying for their own council, members of the Mapoon community elected five councillors to constitute an autonomous Mapoon Aboriginal Council under
741-892: The Reformatories Act. This has now been remedied, an Industrial School proclaimed, and Rev. N. Hey appointed its first Superintendent … The Protectors are thus able to deal summarily with the Gulf children, and the State saved all the extra expenditure of forwarding them all round the Peninsula to the Aboriginal Reformatory at Cairns." Between 1901 and 1910, around 70 young people were officially removed to Mapoon, mainly from Normanton , Cloncurry , Burketown , Thursday Island and Seven Rivers. Others came from stations such as Fiery Downs, Lawn Hills and Gregory Downs. Over
780-608: The area around Pormpuraaw ( Edward River ). The Thaayorre language region includes the landscape within Pormpuraaw Community Council and the Cook Shire Council. Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon The Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon is a local government area in Far North Queensland , Australia. It is on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula on the Gulf of Carpentaria . In the 2021 census ,
819-740: The church, who informed O’Leary they would not try and convince the Mapoon people to move to Weipa , but would rely on changing attitudes as Weipa developed. O’Leary admitted to the Under-Secretary that the Presbyterians received substantially less funding than government-run settlements. By O’Leary’s conservative estimate, the Presbyterians should have received £61,075 to bring their missions up to par with Woorabinda . They received £39,500 in 1955/1956. Comalco and Alcan began bauxite exploration on Mapoon and Weipa mission reserves in 1956, creating further confusion and conflict surrounding
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#1732790337494858-418: The closure, and conflict developed between the church, residents of the mission and the government, delaying the closure. The Presbyterian Church demanded the government acknowledge that long-term underfunding was equally to blame for mission conditions. The Presbyterian Church was struggling financially and O’Leary refused further funding. The church threatened to walk out and residents continued to pressure
897-426: The cruelties of mission discipline. Mapoon mission was underfunded throughout its history, and sanitation and housing shortages often caused health problems such as hookworm . In the 1920s, the mission supplemented grant funding by selling sandalwood and beche-de-mer , but these industries soon became unprofitable. In the 1930s, the mission relied on the compulsory financial contributions of residents deducted from
936-624: The east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave . This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas , the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown , Mossman , Daintree , Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal . It includes the head of the Palmer River , the Bloomfield River , China Camp , Maytown , and Palmerville . Yir Yiront (also known as Yiront , Jirjoront , Yir-yiront , and Kokomindjan )
975-506: The future of the missions. Without consulting the church or residents, the government negotiated with Comalco to pass legislation in 1957 that facilitated mining on the majority of 2 mission reserves and northern parts of the Aurukun reserve. The legislation did not include any formal requirement to compensate Aboriginal communities affected by mining. On 1 January 1958, Comalco was issued an 84-year lease covering an area from Vrilya Point in
1014-549: The local government area of the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and the Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Cape Bedford , Battle Camp and sections of the Normanby River and Annan River . Kuku-Thaypan (also known as Gugu Dhayban, Kuku Taipan, Thaypan) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in Hann River, Laura and Musgrave River and on Mornington Island , within the local government boundaries of
1053-557: The local government boundaries of the Cook Shire Council: Western Cape York , Winda Winda Creek, Mission River , and Archer River . Luthigh (also known as Lotiga , Tepiti and Uradhi , see also Uradhi related languages) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Luthigh people. The traditional language area for Luthigh includes landscape within the local government boundaries of
1092-551: The next 30 years, children were removed from all over Cape York Peninsula and placed on Mapoon, where many were adopted by traditional owners, who sought to provide them with a safe place. Between 1910 and 1970, only 30 people were officially removed to Mapoon from other areas, under the Protection Acts, mostly from Thursday Island and Yorke Downs. Poor soil at Cullin Point necessitated the establishment of outstations to
1131-552: The north and south of the Wenlock River 's mouth at the Gulf of Carpentaria and a third further up river. Mapoon was established on the traditional homelands of the Tjungundji (pronounced Choong-un-gee ) people at Cullen Point in November 1891. The name Mapoon is believed to be an anglicised translation of a Tjungundji word meaning place where people fight on the sand-hills . Before it came to be known as Mapoon,
1170-666: The north, south almost to Aurukun mission. Comalco surrendered the land on which the Mapoon mission was located. From 1960, funding and services to Mapoon were withdrawn in an attempt to force people to relocate to New Mapoon , an area developed by the government to replace the old mission. By the end of 1962, around 162 people remained at Mapoon and, by July 1963, about 100 people had gone to New Mapoon. Those who remained at Mapoon continued campaigning against forced removal from their traditional homelands, and established alternative schooling and food supplies. On 15 November 1963, Thursday Island Police arrived at Mapoon with instructions from
1209-467: The quinquennial census, as particularly difficult to measure accurately. Reasons for this include cultural and language barriers, transport and geographical spread of the population, who are mostly located in isolated communities. As such, all figures are likely to be lower than the actual population on the census date. Additionally, prior to 1971, Aboriginal people who form a majority of the population were not counted in census statistics. Until 1 July 2002,
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1248-508: The raids of the pearlers and the beche-de-mer men". Continued abuse and health problems suffered by Aboriginal divers led the government to ban this type of employment in 1903. W E Roth noted in a 1901 annual report that: "Mapoon is the Mission Station to which hitherto we have been sending the waifs and strays from the Gulf country generally, but so far without the legal status of their being 'neglected' children as defined by
1287-431: The site of this community had previously been called Batavia River Mission. Moravian missionaries , James Gibson Ward and Reverend John Nicholas Hey, established the missio in 1891. They are said to have brought several South Sea Islander men to Mapoon to assist them. The Queensland Government forcibly removed many children from the Gulf of Carpentaria region to Mapoon when the mission became an industrial school under
1326-412: The south of Mapoon in the early 1900s, where mission residents lived and grew food crops. Children were housed in dormitories to facilitate their conversion to Christianity, schooling and training for domestic or rural work. In 1909, Reverend Hey was subjected to an official inquiry after he flogged and tarred a young dormitory woman. Hey was exonerated, but evidence published in newspapers drew attention to
1365-557: The traditional lands of the Thanakwithi people. Some of the traditional owner groups who eventually came to live at Mapoon include the Mpakwithi, Taepithiggi, Thaynhakwith, Warrangku, Wimarangga and Yupungathi peoples. Mapoon was the first of four Presbyterian missions established by the government to curb the abuse of Aboriginal people in the marine industries. Reverend Hey reported that Tjungundji people had been "…decimated by
1404-732: The wages of those employed as domestics and stockmen outside the mission. During World War II , Mapoon residents prepared to "go bush" in the event of a Japanese invasion . Residents endured food and medicine shortages and suffered from illness. The mission became reliant on child endowment monies to buy rations. In the 1950s, a visiting Australian Government health team identified tuberculosis at Presbyterian missions. Their report described conditions at Mapoon as "nauseating", identifying malnutrition and water shortages, and describing dormitories as overcrowded and without beds. These conditions led residents of Presbyterian missions to protest. In 1953, Mapoon delegates went to Thursday Island to lobby
1443-410: Was (and is) the largest local government by area and had no community of interest with any neighbouring areas. The council was, however, reduced from seven to six councillors with an additional elected mayor. In the 2021 census , the Shire of Cook had a population of 4,511 people. The Shire of Cook includes the following settlements: – shared with the Shire of Douglas – shared with
1482-598: Was proclaimed as a separate municipality on 3 April 1876 under the Municipal Institutions Act 1864 . On 24 August 1932, the Town of Cooktown (the successor to the Borough of Cooktown) was absorbed back into Cook Shire. Prior to 2005, a number of Aboriginal communities administered under Deed of Grant in Trust by community councils were part of the Shire's area, but they were formally excised and given
1521-581: Was the site of a 2013 National Geographic scientific expedition which discovered three new species. These were the Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko , Cape Melville shade skink and the Blotched boulder-frog . The park is home to a wide variety of plant communities, including mangroves , rainforests , heathlands , woodlands and grasslands . The average elevation of the terrain is 43 metres. This Queensland protected areas related article
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