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Rocky Point, Queensland (Weipa Town)
Rocky Point is a residential Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia. In the Rocky Point had a population of 1,957 people. Geography Over half of the land in Rocky Point is used for residential housing with the remainder undeveloped. History Weipa North State School opened on 14 March 1966. On 1 January 2002 it became the Weipa campus of the Western Cape College. In the Rocky Point had a population of 1,957 people. Amenities The Weipa Town Authority provides the Hibberd Library in Hibberd Drive. St Joseph's Catholic Church is on Boundary Road at Rocky Point. It is within the Weipa Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns. Education Western Cape College is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls. Its Weipa Campus is at Central Avenue (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 958 students with 88 teachers (85 full-time equivalent) and 76 non-teaching staff (62 full-time eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weipa Town Authority
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 Airport. It is an unusual local government area as it is not governed and managed by a council elected by residents but rather by the company Rio Tinto Aluminium (which operates a bauxite mine in the area) through a governing body called the Weipa Town Authority. In June 2018, Weipa Town had a population of 4,240. History In 1955, New Zealand geologist Harry Evans discovered bauxite (the raw material used to make aluminium) on the western coast of Cape York Peninsula while he was exploring for oil. Further surveys established it was the largest bauxite deposit in the world. In November 1957, the Queensland Government approved a £50 million project of the British Australian Consolidated Zinc group to develop a bauxite mine on the Cape York Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
