Kowanyama (Kowanyama)
Kowanyama is a town and coastal locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama, Queensland, Australia.
It is the site of the former Mitchell River Mission, founded in 1916, after the nearby Trubanamen Mission (established not far away on Topsy Creek in 1905) was abandoned.
In the, the locality of Kowanyama had a population of 944 people.
The locality is on the Cape York Peninsula. It is bounded to the west by the Gulf of Carpentaria and to the north by the Coleman River (-15.07°N, 141.6483°W).
The locality of Kowanyama (and the Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama which has the same boundaries) has a land area of 2524.9 km2.
The Mitchell River enters the locality from the west (Maramie) and exits to the north-west into the Gulf of Carpentaria. As the river approaches the Gulf, it splits into two watercourses around Wallaby Island (-15.2002°N, 141.6502°W) with the southern branch retaining the name Mitchell River (with mouth -15.1986°N, 141.5914°W) and the northern branch called Mitchell River (North Arm) entering the gulf at -15.0983°N, 141.6386°W.
The Aboriginal people who live in this community include people from the Kokominjena, Kokoberra and Kunjen groups of the Yir-Yoront people. In the Yir-Yoront language, Kowanyama means "The place of many waters".
The community is situated on the banks of the Magnificent Creek, a tributary of the Mitchell River, 20 km inland from the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Kowanyama is accessed by an all-weather airstrip, as well as unsealed roads in the dry season from Pormpuraaw to the north, Normanton to the south and Cairns to the east.
It is the site of the former Mitchell River Mission, founded in 1916, after the nearby Trubanamen Mission (established not far away on Topsy Creek in 1905) was abandoned.
In the, the locality of Kowanyama had a population of 944 people.
The locality is on the Cape York Peninsula. It is bounded to the west by the Gulf of Carpentaria and to the north by the Coleman River (-15.07°N, 141.6483°W).
The locality of Kowanyama (and the Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama which has the same boundaries) has a land area of 2524.9 km2.
The Mitchell River enters the locality from the west (Maramie) and exits to the north-west into the Gulf of Carpentaria. As the river approaches the Gulf, it splits into two watercourses around Wallaby Island (-15.2002°N, 141.6502°W) with the southern branch retaining the name Mitchell River (with mouth -15.1986°N, 141.5914°W) and the northern branch called Mitchell River (North Arm) entering the gulf at -15.0983°N, 141.6386°W.
The Aboriginal people who live in this community include people from the Kokominjena, Kokoberra and Kunjen groups of the Yir-Yoront people. In the Yir-Yoront language, Kowanyama means "The place of many waters".
The community is situated on the banks of the Magnificent Creek, a tributary of the Mitchell River, 20 km inland from the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Kowanyama is accessed by an all-weather airstrip, as well as unsealed roads in the dry season from Pormpuraaw to the north, Normanton to the south and Cairns to the east.
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