22-545: Napranum is a remote town in the locality of Mission River in the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the town of Napranum had a population of 716 Indigenous Australians . Napranum is a compound word made from two languages of the local area. "Nap" ( Trotj language) pronounced "naap", meaning "meeting place" and "pranum" ( Thaynakwith language) meaning "meeting of people". In combination, Napranum means "meeting place of
44-616: A population of 830 people, of whom 778 (93.7%) were Indigenous Australians. In the 2016 census , the town of Napranum had a population of 950 people, or whom 907 (95.45%) were Indigenous Australians. In the 2021 census , the town of Napranum had a population of 716 Indigenous Australians. There are no schools in Napranum. The nearest government primary and secondary school is the Weipa campus of Western Cape College in Rocky Point to
66-785: Is made) and to a lesser extent, tungsten . In 1964, the Queensland Education Department provided the teacher for the school instead of the Mission Board. Around this time, it was named Weipa Provisional School. In 1966 it was renamed Weipa South State School, then in 1976, the Jessica Point State School. On 1 January 2002 it become the Napranum Campus of the Western Cape College. The campus closed in 2005 with
88-449: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Comalco Rio Tinto Aluminium (previously known as Comalco ) is now known as Rio Tinto Alcan after Rio's takeover of Alcan . It
110-580: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
132-518: The East Coast of Australia (1001 to El Zorro [renumbered L277] and 1004 to Qube Logistics [reverted to its original GML10 designation]), and were replaced by two production-model JT42Cs, R1005 and R1006. 1.003 was scrapped in 2000 after years of disuse. R1006 was withdrawn and scrapped following a collision in September 2019. This article about a mining-related corporation or company
154-504: The Protector's judgement, they were guilty of neglect of duty, gross insubordination or wilful preaching of disobedience. It also gave powers to the police to confine Aborigines to reserves to "protect them from corruption". This latter power was used by Comalco in 1957 to justify the removal of Weipa Aboriginal people. In 1932, the community had to relocate to its present site, at Jessica Point , because of malaria . At this time most of
176-544: The Susie Madua Hall and reopened on 11 October 2021. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
198-678: The area. Formerly known as Weipa South , Napranum was established in 1898 by Moravian missionaries on behalf of the Presbyterian church. The Protector of Aborigines at the time, Archibald Meston , protested against the establishment of the Weipa Mission on the grounds that the people were healthy and could adequately sustain themselves. Despite this, the mission went ahead inland near York Downs station to avoid contact with luggers , who were notorious for kidnapping Aboriginal people to exploit in their diving operations. A school
220-400: The boundaries of any reserve or Aboriginal institution, or be removed from one reserve or institution and kept herein. It was noted the only other people treated like this were criminals and the insane. The Protector was also given the right to confine (or expel) any such person within any reserve or Aboriginal institution, and the right to imprison any Aborigine or half-caste for 14 days if, in
242-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
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#1732780219142264-654: The north. A police citizens youth club was opened in 2019 on Napranum Road. Napranum has the Mary Ann Coconut Library (an Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC)) at 320 Wa-Tyne Street, Weipa, operated by the Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council. It is named in honour of a respected elder, and was officially opened as part of the Napranum Civic Centre Opening on 28 October 2015. It was relocated to
286-608: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
308-527: The people were Awngthim but soon different tribes and clans were brought from Old Mapoon (when the people were forcibly removed and the settlement burnt down on 15 November 1963), and other communities. In 1955, a geologist, Henry Evans (1912–1990), discovered that the red cliffs on the Aboriginal reserve, previously remarked on by the early Dutch explorers and Matthew Flinders , were actually enormous deposits of bauxite (the ore from which aluminium
330-578: The people". Napranum is on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in remote Far North Queensland , adjacent to the town of Weipa and approximately 600 kilometres (370 mi) north west of Cairns , although the distance is 819 kilometres (509 mi) by road. The traditional owners of present-day Napranum are thought to be the Alngith people , although the Anathangayth , Peppan , Thanakwithi , Wathyn and Wik Waya peoples also lived in
352-573: The students transferred to the Weipa Campus of the college. The Comalco Act 1957 (Qld) revoked the reserve status, giving the company 5,760 square km (2,270 sq mi) of Aboriginal reserve land on the west coast of the Peninsula and 5,135 square km (1,933 sq mi) on the east coast of Aboriginal-owned (though not reserve) land. Mining commenced in 1960. The mission became a government settlement in 1966 with continued attempts by Comalco to relocate
374-585: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
396-465: The whole community elsewhere. The company then built a new town for its workers on the other side of the bay. The Queensland Government took control of the mission in 1966. Weipa South Post Office opened on 1 December 1967 and closed in 1982. Napranum eventually received DOGIT status, and has its own community council separate from the Shire of Cook . In the 2006 census , the town of Napranum had
418-486: Was established in 1900 at the mission. Very restrictive legislation was enacted by the state of Queensland in 1911, giving the Protector exceptional powers. It stated in sections 10 and 17: The Chief Protector shall be the legal guardian of every Aborigine and half-caste child, notwithstanding that any such child has a parent or other relative living, until such child attains the age of 21 years. ... The Chief Protector may cause any aborigine or half-caste to be kept within
440-464: Was the largest receiver of budgetary assistance from the Australian government, Rio Tinto Aluminium had received over $ 287 million in assistance from Australian tax dollars. RTA owns the Weipa bauxite mine , Yarwun Alumina Refinery, and Bell Bay aluminium smelter . It also has interests (manages or joint-venture) in other aluminium related businesses: In January 1972, Comalco (as the company
462-430: Was the world's eighth largest aluminium company. It mines and manufactures bauxite , alumina and primary aluminium. Rio Tinto Aluminium is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group and provides about 20% of Australia's total production of bauxite, 8% of its alumina and 24% of its primary aluminium. In 2002, Rio Tinto Aluminium earned US$ 256 million for its shareholder Rio Tinto. In 2006 Rio Tinto Aluminium
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#1732780219142484-535: Was then known) ordered two Clyde GT26C locomotives (equivalent of the EMD SD40 ), numbered 1.001 and 1.002. A switcher was also imported from Canada, numbered 1.003. In 1994, 1.002 was sold to Westrail, which operated a fleet of GT26Cs, where it was renumbered as part of that railway's L class . The railway also acquired a prototype JT42C, GML10 , from BHP, which was renumbered R1004 (1.001 was also renumbered R1001). In 2009, both R1001 and R1004 were sold to railways on
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