Gangalidda is a coastal
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee
The Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee is a special local government area in North West Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It is managed under a Deed of Grant in Trust under the ''Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004''.
Geography ...
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Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, established_title = Before federation
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, Australia, on the
Gulf of Carpentaria.
In the , Gangalidda had a population of 0 people.
Bayley Point () is a small blunt
point on the coast within the locality, directly opposite
Bayley Island, rising to about .
History
In 1933 the
Doomadgee Aboriginal Mission was established at Bayley Point by the
Open Brethren
The Open Brethren, sometimes called Christian Brethren, are a group of Evangelical Christian churches that arose in the late 1820s as part of the Assembly Movement within the Plymouth Brethren tradition. They originated in Ireland before spread ...
. However, the location was remote and lacked a reliable water supply. After a cyclone destroyed the mission in 1936, the mission was relocated approximately south on the
Nicholson River to present day
Doomadgee.
Prior to the creation of the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee in 2007, this land around the Bayley Point area was part of the locality of
Nicholson
Nicholson may refer to:
People
*Nicholson (name), a surname, and a list of people with the name
Places Australia
* Nicholson, Victoria
* Nicholson, Queensland
* Nicholson County, New South Wales
* Nicholson River (disambiguation)
* Nicholson ...
in the
Shire of Burke
The Shire of Burke is a local government area in North West Queensland, Australia. The shire lies on the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria and abuts the border with the Northern Territory. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local ...
. After the creation of the new shire in 2007, the land became part of the new shire but retained the name of Nicholson. On 28 August 2009, it was renamed Gangalidda
(the
Yukulta / Ganggalidda people being one of the two
traditional owner
Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have rights ...
s of the land in the Doomadgee area, the other being the
Waanyi
The Waanyi people, also spelt Wanyi, Wanji, or Waanji, are an Aboriginal Australian people from south of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Language
The Waanyi language, although earlier thought to be extinct, wa ...
people).
Geography
The waters of the ''
Gulf of Carpentaria'' form the north-eastern boundary.
References
{{Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee
Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee
Coastline of Queensland
Localities in Queensland