The electoral district of Woothakata was a
Legislative Assembly electorate
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. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the
1888 colonial election, and existed until the
1912 state election.
[
Woothakata electorate covered the western ]Atherton Tableland
The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia.
The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River. It was dammed to form an irrigation reservoir named Lake Tina ...
and the total catchment area of the Mitchell River on lower Cape York Peninsula
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, including the towns of Chillagoe
Chillagoe is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Chillagoe had a population of 251 people.
It was once a thriving mining town for a range of minerals, but is now reduced to a small z ...
and Herberton
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Geography
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. Woothakata was abolished in the 1911 redistribution being split into the existing electoral district of Cook
Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia.
Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands. It is named after British navigator James Cook, who ch ...
(northern part), the new electoral district of Eacham (eastern part) and the new electoral district of Chillagoe
Chillagoe was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1912 to 1932.
The district was based on the Atherton Tablelands, based on the former Electoral district of Woothakata. Chillagoe was repl ...
(south-eastern part).
Members for Woothakata
The members for Woothakata were:
See also
* Electoral districts of Queensland
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.
Current Districts by region
Districts in Far North Queensland
* Barron River
*Cairns
*Cook
...
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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See also
* Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
This is a list of current and former electoral div ...
by year
* :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
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Former electoral districts of Queensland
1888 establishments in Australia
1912 disestablishments in Australia