Kimberley is a coastal

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in the

Shire of Douglas The Shire of Douglas is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, Queensland, Mos ...

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, Australia. In the , Kimberley had a population of 28 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south by the

Daintree River The Daintree River is a river that rises in the Daintree Rainforest near Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, Australia. The river is located about northwest of Cairns in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics of Queensland. The area ...

and to the south-east, east, and north-east by the

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. Cape Tribulation Road enters the locality from the west (

Forest Creek Hungry Horse Dam is an arch dam in the Western United States, on the South Fork Flathead River in the Rocky Mountains of northwest Montana. It is located in Flathead National Forest in Flathead County, about south of the west entrance to Glaci ...

) and meanders through the centre of the locality and then exits to the north-west ( Cow Bay). Much of the locality is within the

Daintree National Park The Daintree National Park is located in Far North Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane and northwest of Cairns. It was founded in 1981 and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In 1988, it became a World Heritage Site. The park co ...

. Other land uses includes

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation and horticulture. The locality has a number of coastal and off-shore features (from north to south): * Cow Bay, a side bay of Trinity Bay, named after the

dugongs The dugong (; ''Dugong dugon'') is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest m ...

(also known as sea cows) which inhabit the bay () * Cape Kimberley, named after the first

Earl of Kimberley Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the prominent Liberal politician John Wodehouse, 3rd Baron Wodehouse. During his long political career, he no ...

who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1870 to 1874 and from 1880 1882 () * Penguin Channel, probably named after which did

Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, ...

hydrographic surveys Hydrographic survey is the science of measurement and description of features which affect maritime navigation, marine construction, dredging, offshore wind farms, offshore oil exploration and drilling and related activities. Surveys may als ...

in the late 1800s () * Halls Point (also known as Hells Point) () * Snapper Island, a marine island ()

History

The locality takes its name from Cape Kimberley, which in turn was named on 24 October 1873 after John Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley (

Secretary of State for the Colonies The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom's government minister, minister in charge of managing certain parts of the British Empire. The colonial secretary never had responsibility for t ...

) by explorer

George Elphinstone Dalrymple George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876) was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He founded the towns of Bowen and Cardwell, and pionee ...

. The town of Kimberley was surveyed in December 1886 and later renamed the town of Whitby, after the town in England from which

James Cook Captain (Royal Navy), Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer famous for his three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans, conducted between 176 ...

set sail in . The town was abandoned in the late 1800s. It was located on the northern bank of the Daintree River ().

Demographics

In the , Kimberley had a population of 33 people. In the , Kimberley had a population of 28 people.

Education

There are no schools in Kimberley. The nearest government primary school is Alexandra Bay State School in Diwan to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Mossman State High School in Mossman to the south. There is also a Catholic primary school in Mossman.

Attractions

Walu Wugirriga Lookout (also known as Mount Alexandra Lookout) is on Cape Tribulation Road (). It provides views across the mouth of the Daintree River and beyond to Snapper Island and the

Low Isles Low Island is an island lying about north-east of Port Douglas in Trinity Bay, North Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-l ...

References

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