Cape Tribulation is a headland and coastal
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Shire of Douglas
The Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of , and existed as a local government entity f ...
in northern
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
, Australia.
In the , Cape Tribulation had a population of 118 people.
Geography
The locality is north of
Cairns. It is within the
Daintree National Park
The Daintree rainforest is a national park in Far North Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane and northwest of Cairns. It was founded in 1981 and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In 1988 it became a World Heritage Site. The p ...
and the
Wet Tropics World Heritage
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area. It is within the
local government area of
Shire of Douglas
The Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of , and existed as a local government entity f ...
(between 2008 and 2013, it was within the
Cairns Region
The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. H ...
).
The locality contains a small number of bed and breakfast eco lodges, tourism resorts and backpacker hostels. A few very rare plants can be found on Cape Tribulation.
History
''
Kuku Yalanji
The Kuku Yalanji, also known as Gugu-Yalanji, Kuku Yalandji or Kokojelandji, are an Aboriginal Australian people originating from the rainforest regions of Far North Queensland.
Language
The traditional language of the people is Guugu Yala ...
'' (also known as ''Gugu Yalanji'', ''Kuku Yalaja'', and ''Kuku Yelandji'') is an
Australian Aboriginal language of the
Mossman and
Daintree areas of
North Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of
Shire of Douglas
The Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of , and existed as a local government entity f ...
and
Shire of Cook
The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula, the most northerly section of the Australian mainland.
It covers an area ...
, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree,
Bloomfield River
The Bloomfield River is a river located in the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland, Australia, noted for its Bloomfield River cod fish species, found only in the river.
Course and features
The river rises in the Great Dividing Range below Zi ...
, China Camp,
Maytown,
Palmer
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People and fictional characters
* Palmer (pilgrim), a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land
* Palmer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
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, Cape Tribulation and
Wujal Wujal
Wujal Wujal is a rural town and locality in the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wujal Wujal had a population of 282 people. It is an Aboriginal community.
The community of Wujal Wujal is located in the Cape York ...
.
''
Yalanji'' (also known as ''Kuku Yalanji'', ''Kuku Yalaja'', ''Kuku Yelandji'', and ''Gugu Yalanji)'' is an
Australian Aboriginal language of
Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is
Mossman River
The Mossman River is a river located in the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise under Devils Thumb on the Mount Carbine Tableland in the Great Dividing Range. The river flows through a dee ...
in the south to the
Annan River
The Annan River ( Kuku Nyungkal: ''Yuku Baja'') is a river located in the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The river rises in the Yorkey Range below Mount Romeo near , north-northwest of . The river flows g ...
in the north, bordered by the
Pacific Ocean
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in the east and extending inland to west of
Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the
Shire of Douglas
The Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of , and existed as a local government entity f ...
, the
Shire of Cook
The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula, the most northerly section of the Australian mainland.
It covers an area ...
and the
Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal
The Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is managed as a Deed of Grant in Trust under the ''Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004''.
Geography
It is on the east coast of ...
and the towns and localities of
Cooktown
Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repai ...
,
Mossman,
Daintree, Cape Tribulation and
Wujal Wujal
Wujal Wujal is a rural town and locality in the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wujal Wujal had a population of 282 people. It is an Aboriginal community.
The community of Wujal Wujal is located in the Cape York ...
. It includes the head of the
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873.
Course and features
The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in ...
, the
Bloomfield River
The Bloomfield River is a river located in the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland, Australia, noted for its Bloomfield River cod fish species, found only in the river.
Course and features
The river rises in the Great Dividing Range below Zi ...
,
China Camp
China Camp State Park is a state park in Marin County, California, surrounding a historic Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and a salt marsh. The park is located in San Rafael, California, on the shore of San Pablo Bay. It is known for ...
,
Maytown, and
Palmerville.
Cape Tribulation was named by British
navigator
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Lieutenant
James Cook on 10 June 1770 (log date) after his ship scraped a reef north east of the cape, whilst passing over it, at 6pm. Cook steered away from the coast into deeper water but at 10.30pm the ship ran aground, on what is now named
Endeavour Reef. The ship stuck fast and was badly damaged, desperate measures being needed to prevent it
foundering until it was refloated the next day. Cook recorded "...the north point
as namedCape
Tribulation
In Christian eschatology, the Great Tribulation ( grc, θλῖψις μεγάλη, thlîpsis megálē) is a period mentioned by Jesus in the Olivet Discourse as a sign that would occur in the Eschatology, time of the end.
At Book of Revelation, ...
because "''here begun all our troubles''".
In the 1930s some European
settlers started arriving in Cape Tribulation, but they found the rainforest environment an extremely challenging one within which to establish a settlement. Various ventures such as fruit and vegetable farming, fishing, cattle, and timber cutting were started and abandoned over the years, and having weekly barges as the only transport in and out was another limitation. In the 1960s a rough track was
bulldozed
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and the first vehicle access created, although the road remained a
four-wheel drive
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track until the early 1990s. In 2002, the road was finally sealed all the way to Cape Tribulation and in early 2011 the last bridge was built creating year round all weather access to Cape Tribulation for the first time.
Protests
In 1983, Cape Tribulation became widely known because of the
blockade
A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force.
A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are leg ...
on the
Bloomfield Track. Local government had decided to bulldoze a road through the rainforest north of Cape Tribulation to complete the coastal road to
Cooktown
Cooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repai ...
. Protesters tried to stop the bulldozers and occupied trees to prevent their destruction. While wild scenes with a large police and media presence ensued at the southern end, the road was completed in three short weeks as the road builders approached from northern end and flanked the protestors. By now the state and federal governments had started to realise the value of this ancient rainforest and despite protests from the local council the forests surrounding Cape Tribulation were given World Heritage Listing in 1988.
Climate
![Mount Sorrow, Cape Tribulation, QLD](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Mount_Sorrow%2C_Cape_Tribulation%2C_QLD.JPG)
The average annual rainfall for Cape Tribulation is 3,900 mm.
See also
*
Tourism in Australia
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*
Cape Tribulation (Mars) Looking north at the southern end of Cape Tribulation (MER-B, 2017)
Cape Tribulation is a section of the Western rim of Endeavour crater on the planet Mars. The MER-B ''Opportunity'' rover spent 30 months exploring Cape Tribulation from 2014 to 2 ...
References
External links
Movies of Cape Tribulation and cassowaries
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Populated places in Far North Queensland
Tribulation
In Christian eschatology, the Great Tribulation ( grc, θλῖψις μεγάλη, thlîpsis megálē) is a period mentioned by Jesus in the Olivet Discourse as a sign that would occur in the Eschatology, time of the end.
At Book of Revelation, ...
Localities in Queensland
Shire of Douglas
Landforms of Far North Queensland
Coastline of Queensland