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Kowanyama, Queensland

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109: 2057: 1629: 672: 1524:, the Rainbow Snake who brings the life giving water to the land. During the wet season, which may last until May, the community is serviced only by aircraft, as all other access is restricted. During the wet season, fresh foods and perishables are flown into the community each week on charter planes by stores in town. Airline passenger services to Cairns, 600 kilometres (370 mi) away is maintained throughout the year through 93: 116: 686:, and Aboriginal peoples of the region were gradually drawn from their ancestral lands into the mission settlement. Later, in 1916, Mitchell River Mission was founded on the present site of Kowanyama and the Trubanamen site abandoned. Some people continued to live on their traditional lands, only moving into Kowanyama in the 1940s. 914:
from April to November with lower humidity and cooler nights. Although the average maxima exceeds 30.0 °C (86.0 °F) in all months, average minima significantly vary: from 15.7 °C (60.3 °F) in July to 24.5 °C (76.1 °F) in December. While rainfall averages 1,274.2 mm
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Kowanyama is one of the largest communities on the Cape York Peninsula. Kowanyama's Aboriginal people continue to identify strongly with their ancestral countries and with the languages, stories, songs, dances, and histories associated with those countries. Language groups associated with countries
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delta, an area of 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi). The deed covered the traditional lands of the people of Kowanyama. Like other DOGIT communities of the time, Kowanyama had a town Council elected by Aboriginal people living in the community. The newly formed Kowanyama Council assumed
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The decision to suspend Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council's liquor licence is claimed to have resulted in the Council losing a business valued at $ 1.6 million, plus up to $ 120,000 in stock. As a consequence, on 30 October 2008, the Council went to Queensland's
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Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council originally held a liquor licence allowing light beer to be consumed on the premises of the Kowanyama Canteen at specified times, but this was suspended by Queensland's Liquor Licensing Commission and Queensland Treasurer,
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were no longer able to sustain their activities in the area as a Church Mission. The Department of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, a government department, under the Act continued running the affairs of the community.
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Kowanyama community is subject to strict alcohol restrictions enforced by police prohibiting individuals holding any alcohol, and prohibiting any vehicles carrying alcohol anywhere within the community.
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Other homelands, including the Oriners Pastoral Lease and the Sefton Pastoral Lease, were independently purchased by the Kowanyama Council and are located outside the DOGIT boundary.
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Monaghan, James (2005) ‘Our Way': social space and the geography of land allocation practice on the southern Gulf Lowlands of Cape York Peninsula. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Moran, Mark 2006 PhD Chapter on Kowanyama reviewing Kowanyama's ethnographic materials and detailing Kowanyama's institutional structure, services, and local governance arrangements
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Sharp, Nonie (1998) Reimagining Northern Seascapes in Australia: Open Access, Common Property and the Return of Responsibility? (Reference to Kowanyama on Pg 6)
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Kowanyama State School opened in January 1904. Since the beginning of 2014, the school has also started to enrol students in a year 11 and 12 pathways program.
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east of the community subject to flooding. By late December the storms of the monsoons have usually arrived, isolating the community by road.
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Kowanyama is serviced weekly in the dry season by road trains from Cairns. The service becomes more frequent as the wet season approaches.
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Kowanyama State School is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-10) school for boys and girls at 345 Kowanyama Street (
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responsibility for implementing certain conditions of the DOGIT. Seven elected aboriginal residents hold three-year terms in office.
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Climate data for Kowanyama (15º28'48"S, 141º45'00"E, 10 m AMSL) (1965-2024 normals and extremes, rainfall 1912-2024)
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Since the 1990s, many Kowanyama people have been returning to their ancestral lands through the Homelands Movement.
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Queensland Government Department of Communities 'Descriptive Data on Cape York Communities including Kowanyama
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World Wildlife Funds' News Archive 2001 Article on Kowanyama Cultural and Natural Resource Mapping Project
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Peta Hill 'Aboriginal Station Life' on-line photo collection of people and places around Kowanyama.
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Kowanyama is accessed by an all-weather airstrip, as well as unsealed roads in the dry season from
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who live in this community include people from the Kokominjena, Kokoberra and Kunjen groups of the
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National Indigenous Times 'Queensland's Kowanyama Canteen Looses Liquor Licence', 3 April 2008
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in the Kowanyama region are Yir Yoront, Yirrk Thangalkl, Koko Bera, Uw Oykangand, and Olkola.
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which has the same boundaries) has a land area of 2,524.9 km (974.9 sq mi).
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Our World 2 Video & Video Brief on Saltwater vs Freshwater Changes around Kowanyama
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The community is situated on the banks of the Magnificent Creek, a tributary of the
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In July 1987, the State Government of Queensland implemented legislation for a
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Early storms in October can make the 400-kilometre (250 mi) dirt road to
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Ethnologue.com entry for the Kunjun Language indigenous to the Kowanyama area
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ABC News "Government Criticised over Prohibition by Stealth" 21 October 2008
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Living with the Munpitch: The history of Mitchell River Mission, 1905-1967
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Secondary education to Year 12 is not available in Kowanyama nor nearby.
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destroyed the mission. The Queensland government funded the rebuilding.
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to challenge the liquor licensing decisions as racially discriminatory.
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Queensland Government Liquor Licensing Division's Webpage on Kowanyama
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United Nations University's 'Kowanyama Climate Change' video brief
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Story Place: Indigenous Art of Cape York web page on "Kowanyama"
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Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map
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ABC News "Canteen Closures Not Racist: Bligh" 31 October 2008
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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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Photo of Kowanyama near its beginnings, taken June 1919
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In 1905, Trubanamen Mission was established inland on
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The Mitchell River enters the locality from the west (
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It is bounded to the west by the 603:Mitchell River (North Arm) (mouth) 25: 2109:from the original on 2 March 2021 248:361 km (224 mi) NNW of 115: 2233: 1987:from the original on 26 May 2022 1846: 254:606 km (377 mi) NW of 114: 107: 2036:Australian Bureau of Statistics 2007:Australian Bureau of Statistics 1608:Australian Bureau of Statistics 242:291 km (181 mi) S of 1790:"Mitchell River (entry 22373)" 872:Australian Aboriginal language 197:0.42734/km (1.1068/sq mi) 1: 2492:Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama 1578:Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama 876:Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama 483:Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama 407:(established not far away on 399:It is the site of the former 390:Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama 276:Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama 72:Town in Queensland, Australia 1732:"Coleman River (entry 7710)" 311:Localities around Kowanyama: 2256:State Library of Queensland 2129:"ACARA School Profile 2018" 1869:State Library of Queensland 1865:State Library of Queensland 1325:Average precipitation days 1111:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1041:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 906:Aw); with a short, intense 62:GPX (secondary coordinates) 2513: 2449:Accessed 19 November 2008 1979:Phoenix Auctions History. 1940:Freier, Philip L. 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Kowanyama
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)
Queensland

Kowanyama is located in Queensland
Coordinates
15°28′47″S 141°44′31″E / 15.4796°S 141.7419°E / -15.4796; 141.7419 (Kowanyama (town centre))
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Time zone
AEST
UTC+10:00
Pormpuraaw
Normanton
Cairns
Brisbane
LGA(s)
Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama
State electorate(s)
Cook
Federal division(s)
Leichhardt
Gulf of Carpentaria
Pormpuraaw
Edward River
Gulf of Carpentaria

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