Bonnie Doon is a coastal rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Bonnie Doon had a population of 563 people.

Geography

Bonnie Doon is bounded to the north by the

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, to the east by the

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, and to the south by the

Captain Cook Highway The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland that originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A). The ...

. The South Mossman River and its tributary Cassowary Creek flow from the south and, after, their confluence, the South Mossman River becomes the north-western boundary of the locality, until its confluence with the Mossman River.

History

In October 1878, William Henry Buchanan selected 400 acres of land on the south bank of the Mossman River, calling it Bonnie Doon. On 22 October 1886, the murder of William Thompson by his wife Ellen Thompson and her lover John Harrison, a worker at Bonnie Doon resulted in both of them being hanged at

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on 13 June 1887. Ellen Thompson was the only woman ever hanged in Queensland.

Demographics

In the , Bonnie Doon had a population of 372 people. In the , Bonnie Doon had a population of 563 people.

Education

There are no schools in Bonnie Doon, but there are primary and secondary schools in neighbouring Mossman.

References

{{Shire of Douglas Shire of Douglas Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland