Iron Range, Queensland

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Iron Range
Queensland
Iron Range is located in Queensland
Iron Range
Iron Range
Coordinates12°39′16″S 143°19′41″E / 12.6544°S 143.3280°E / -12.6544; 143.3280Coordinates: 12°39′16″S 143°19′41″E / 12.6544°S 143.3280°E / -12.6544; 143.3280
Population14 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.0190/km2 (0.0491/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4892
Area738.5 km2 (285.1 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Cook
State electorate(s)Cook
Federal division(s)Leichhardt
Suburbs around Iron Range:
Shelburne Coral Sea Coral Sea
Lockhart River Iron Range Coral Sea
Lockhart River Lockhart River Lockhart River

Iron Range is a coastal locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Iron Range had a population of 14 people.[1] The town of Portland Road is on a north-east headland in the locality (

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12°35′51″S 143°24′40″E / 12.5975°S 143.4111°E / -12.5975; 143.4111 (Portland Road)).[3]

Geography[]

Iron Range is on the north-east coast of the Cape York Peninsula.[4]

Weymouth Bay is off the north-eastern coast of locality.[4]

All of the locality of Iron Range is occupied by the Kutini Payamu National Park (formerly the Iron Range National Park).[4]

History[]

The town of Portland Road is named after the harbour of the same name.[3] The harbour first appeared on an 1897 British Admiralty Chart.[5]

On 11 November 1948, as part of a centenary commemoration, a monument to explorer Edmund Kennedy and his ill-fated expedition to explore Cape York Peninsula was erected at Portland Road near a spring where the expedition drew water in 1848.[6][7]

On 11 April 2014, the former locality of Lockhart was split into two new localities: Iron Range and Lockhart River. The locality of Iron Range takes its name from the Iron Range National Park (now known as the Kutini-Payamu National Park).[2]

Heritage listings[]

Iron Range has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References[]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Iron Range (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Iron Range (entry 49102)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Portland Road – population centre in Cook Shire (entry 43618)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Portland Road – harbour in Cook Shire (entry 27362)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. ^ "EXPLORER E. B. C. KENNEDY". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. LXIX. Queensland, Australia. 28 December 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "EXPLORER KENNEDY HONOURED". Cairns Post. No. 14, 568. Queensland, Australia. 12 November 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Gordon's Mine and Mill (entry 601860 )". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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