Mission River is a coastal rural

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split between the

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and the

Aboriginal Shire of Napranum The Aboriginal Shire of Napranum is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is on the western side of the Cape York Peninsula around Weipa. Geography Most local government areas are a single contiguous area (possibly i ...

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. In the , Mission River had a population of 987 people.

Geography

Within Mission River are the

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of Evans Landing, Nanum, Rocky Point, Trunding, and

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, all of which are part of

Weipa Town Weipa Town is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It covers the town of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula, including the localities of Rocky Point, Trunding, Nanum, Evans Landing, and Weipa Airpo ...

History

Linngithigh Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Linngithigh people Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Pen ...

'' (also known as ''Winda Winda'' and ''Linginiti'') 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 ...

spoken by the Linngithigh people. The Linngithigh language region includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the

Cook Shire Council 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 ar ...

: Western Cape York, Winda Winda Creek, Mission River, and

Archer River The Archer River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland, Australia. Course and features The headwaters of the river rise in the McIlwraith Range and it flows west, traversing tropical savanna plains and wetlands, ...

Thaynakwith Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian contine ...

(also known as Awngthim, Tainikuit and Winduwinda) is an

spoken on Western Cape York in the Weipa area taking in Albatross Bay and Mission River. The language region includes areas within the local government boundaries of Weipa Town Council and

Cook Shire 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 ...

. The locality was probably named during 1895 by missionary J. Nicholas Hey and administrator John Douglas (

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from 1885 to 1904). In the , Mission River had a population of 987 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mission River. The nearest primary and secondary school is Western Cape State College in Rocky Point in

Weipa Weipa () is a coastal mining town in the local government area of Weipa Town in Queensland. It is the largest town on the Cape York Peninsula. It exists because of the enormous bauxite deposits along the coast. The Port of Weipa is mainly invol ...

References

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