Nicholson is a coastal

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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 g ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia.

Geography

The waters of the ''

Gulf of Carpentaria The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary is ...

'' form most of the north-eastern boundary. The '' Nicholson River'' enters from the south-west and then forms parts of the southern boundary before re-entering the locality to discharge into the ''Gulf''.

Road infrastructure

National Highway 1 The following highways are numbered 1. For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads. For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads. For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads. For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads. For roads numbere ...

runs along part of the southern boundary before turning north-west to run through the locality.

Hells Gate

Hells Gate Roadhouse (founded 1986) is a tourist stop on the Savannah Way, 80 km from

Doomadgee Doomadgee is a town and a locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee, Queensland, Australia. It is a mostly Indigenous community, situated about from the Northern Territory border, and west of Burketown. The settlement began with the esta ...

and 50 km from the Northern Territory border, and on the Cliffdale Station cattle property. The name refers to a pass in the nearby escarpment. The Hells Gate airstrip () has one runway of length .

Heritage listings

Nicholson has a number of

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sites, including: *

Old Westmoreland Homestead Old Westmoreland Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Westmoreland Station, Nicholson, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Brassey McIntosh and built in c. 1882 by Thomas Brassey McIntosh. It was added to th ...

Indigenous languages

Yukulta (also known as Ganggalida) is an

Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

. The Yukulta language region is the Gulf Country including the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee and Shire of Mornington. Yulluna (also known as Yalarnga, Yalarrnga, Jalanga, Jalannga, Wonganja, Gunggalida, Jokula) is an

. The Yulluna language region includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Cloncurry and other areas near the

References

External links

Hells Gate Roadhouse
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