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Bingil Bay is a coastal town,
The locality of Bingil Bay is bounded to the east by the bay of the same name with Ninney Point () on the north-east coast. A long sandy beach extends south from Ninney Point along the coastline. The town is in the south-eastern corner of the locality.
The land use is a mixture of residential, growing tropical fruit), and
The name ''Bingil'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning a ''good camping ground'' given to the area by Frederick Cutten, a pioneer settler in the area.
In 1884, the Cutten brothers (Frederick, Leonard, Sydney and James) established the first commercial tea plantation in Australia on their Bicton estate at Bingil Bay, also growing coffee, mangoes, bananas, pineapples and other tropical fruit. At that time, Bingil Bay was only accessible by boat. Most of the Bicton estate was destroyed by a cyclone in 1918 and although the homestead was rebuilt the remainder of the estate was never restored. The descendants of the original tea plants were rediscovered in the rain-forest by Dr Alan Maruff in 1958 and seedlings from these plants formed the basis for the
Bingil Bay has the following heritage sites:
* 405 Alexander Drive and Esplanade (): Ninney Rise
* Holt Court (): Cutten Brothers' Graves
Bingil Bay Cafe has meals and basic groceries. It is at 39 Bingil Bay Road ().
locality
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and bay in the Cassowary Coast Region
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, Queensland
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, Australia. In the the locality of Bingil Bay had a population of 427 people.
Geography
The locality of Bingil Bay is bounded to the east by the bay of the same name with Ninney Point () on the north-east coast. A long sandy beach extends south from Ninney Point along the coastline. The town is in the south-eastern corner of the locality.
The land use is a mixture of residential, growing tropical fruit), and grazing
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on native vegetation.
History
The name ''Bingil'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning a ''good camping ground'' given to the area by Frederick Cutten, a pioneer settler in the area.
In 1884, the Cutten brothers (Frederick, Leonard, Sydney and James) established the first commercial tea plantation in Australia on their Bicton estate at Bingil Bay, also growing coffee, mangoes, bananas, pineapples and other tropical fruit. At that time, Bingil Bay was only accessible by boat. Most of the Bicton estate was destroyed by a cyclone in 1918 and although the homestead was rebuilt the remainder of the estate was never restored. The descendants of the original tea plants were rediscovered in the rain-forest by Dr Alan Maruff in 1958 and seedlings from these plants formed the basis for the Nerada Tea
Nerada Tea is an Australian company that produces tea and coffee. The company is Australia's largest tea producer.
History
In 1886 four brothers, James, Leonard, Sidney and Herbert Cutten selected a patch of land on the coast north of Mission ...
plantations.
In 1921, an overland connection was created from El Arish
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(a distance of away) but it was only usable by a dray and the journey took most of the day.
The area was formerly known as Clump Point (the name of a nearby headland) until 1929 when a post office called Bingal Bay was established.
On 9 July 1936, the road from El Arish to Bingil Bay was finally completed, reducing the travel time to 30 minutes. It was officially opened by Percy Pease
Percy Pease (29 July 1876 – 17 September 1940) was a businessman and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography
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, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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for Herbert
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The Bingil Bay Lifesaving Club opened in 1936.
Around 1966, then Prime Minister of Australia
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, Harold Holt
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and his wife Zara Holt
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, owned a holiday cottage they called "The Shack" at Bingil Bay. It sat high on the hill with views as far as Dunk Island
Dunk Island, known as ''Coonanglebah'' in the Warrgamay and Dyirbal languages, is an island within the locality of Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies off the Australian east coast, opposite the town of Missio ...
. The couple were keen spearfishers. The cottage did not have a telephone.
In the 2011 census, Bingil Bay had a population of 369 people.
In the the locality of Bingil Bay had a population of 427 people.
Heritage listings
Bingil Bay has the following heritage sites:
* 405 Alexander Drive and Esplanade (): Ninney Rise
* Holt Court (): Cutten Brothers' Graves
Education
There are no schools in Bingil Bay. The nearest government primary schools are Mission Beach State School inWongaling Beach
Wongaling Beach is a tropical beachside coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wongaling Beach had a population of 1,245 people.
Geography
The locality takes its name from th ...
to the south and El Arish State School in El Arish
ʻArish or el-ʻArīsh ( ar, العريش ' , ''Hrinokorura'') is the capital and largest city (with 164,830 inhabitants ) of the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt, as well as the largest city on the entire Sinai Peninsula, lying on the Mediter ...
to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the south-west.
Amenities
Bingil Bay Cafe has meals and basic groceries. It is at 39 Bingil Bay Road ().
References
Further reading
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