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'''Cape Tribulation''' is a headland and [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] in the [[Shire of Douglas]] in northern [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia|name=Cape Tribulation|id=155881}}</ref><ref |
'''Cape Tribulation''' is a headland and coastal [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] in the [[Shire of Douglas]] in northern [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia|name=Cape Tribulation|id=155881}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|48561|Cape Tribulation|locality in Shire of Douglas|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Cape Tribulation had a population of 123 people.<ref name=Census2021/> |
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== Geography == |
== Geography == |
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The locality is {{Convert|110|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]]. It is within the [[Daintree National Park]] and the [[Wet Tropics of Queensland|Wet Tropics]] [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] area. It is within the [[local government in Australia|local government area]] of [[Shire of Douglas]] (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the [[Cairns Region]]). |
The locality is {{Convert|110|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]]. It is within the [[Daintree National Park]] and the [[Wet Tropics of Queensland|Wet Tropics]] [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] area. It is within the [[local government in Australia|local government area]] of [[Shire of Douglas]] (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the [[Cairns Region]]). |
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Cape Tribulation Bloomfield Road enters the locality from the south ([[Thornton Beach, Queensland|Thornton Beach]]) and exits to the north ([[Bloomfield, Queensland|Bloomfield]]).<ref name="globe" /> |
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| ⚫ | The locality contains a small number of bed and breakfast eco lodges, tourism resorts and backpacker hostels. A few very rare plants can be found on Cape Tribulation.<ref name="act">{{cite web |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/daintree-cape-tribulation/about.html |title=About Cape Tribulation |date=6 April 2011 |publisher=Department of Environment and Resource Management |accessdate=29 June 2011 | |
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| ⚫ | The locality contains a small number of bed and breakfast eco lodges, tourism resorts and backpacker hostels. A few very rare plants can be found on Cape Tribulation.<ref name="act">{{cite web |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/daintree-cape-tribulation/about.html |title=About Cape Tribulation |date=6 April 2011 |publisher=Department of Environment and Resource Management |accessdate=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915044443/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/daintree-cape-tribulation/about.html |archivedate=15 September 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Cape Tribulation was named by British [[navigator]] Lieutenant [[James Cook]] on 10 June 1770 (log date) after his ship scraped a reef north east of the cape, whilst passing over it, at 6pm. Cook steered away from the coast into deeper water but at 10.30pm the ship ran aground, on what is now named [[Endeavour Reef]]. The ship stuck fast and was badly damaged, desperate measures being needed to prevent it [[foundering]] until it was refloated the next day. Cook recorded "...the north point [was named] Cape [[Tribulation]] because "''here begun all our troubles''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17700610.html|title=Cook's Journal: Daily Entries|accessdate=2 February 2018}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In the 1930s some European [[settlers]] started arriving in Cape Tribulation, but they found the rainforest environment an extremely challenging one within which to establish a settlement. Various ventures such as fruit and vegetable farming, fishing, cattle, and timber cutting were started and abandoned over the years, and having weekly barges as the only transport in and out was another limitation. In the 1960s a rough track was [[bulldozed]] and the first vehicle access created, although the road remained a [[four-wheel drive]] track until the early 1990s. In 2002, the road was finally sealed all the way to Cape Tribulation and in early 2011 the last bridge was built creating year round all weather access to Cape Tribulation for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor Val Schier opened the Cooper Creek Causeway|url=http://www.daintreerainforestretreat.com.au/cooper-creek-causeway-upgrade|publisher=Stonewood Retreat|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref> |
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''[[Kuku Yalanji language|Kuku Yalanji]]'' (also known as ''Gugu Yalanji'', ''Kuku Yalaja'', and ''Kuku Yelandji'') is an [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal language]] of the [[Mossman, Queensland|Mossman]] and [[Daintree, Queensland|Daintree]] areas of [[North Queensland]]. The language region includes areas within the local government area of [[Shire of Douglas]] and [[Shire of Cook]], particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, [[Bloomfield River]], China Camp, [[Maytown, Queensland|Maytown]], [[Palmer, Queensland|Palmer]], Cape Tribulation and [[Wujal Wujal]].<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/66|title=Kuku Yalanji|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> |
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''[[Yalanjic languages|Yalanji]]'' (also known as ''Kuku Yalanji'', ''Kuku Yalaja'', ''Kuku Yelandji'', and ''Gugu Yalanji)'' is an [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal language]] of [[Far North Queensland]]. The traditional language region is [[Mossman River]] in the south to the [[Annan River]] in the north, bordered by the [[Pacific Ocean]] in the east and extending inland to west of [[Mount Mulgrave, Queensland|Mount Mulgrave]]. This includes the local government boundaries of the [[Shire of Douglas]], the [[Shire of Cook]] and the [[Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal]] and the towns and localities of [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]], [[Mossman, Queensland|Mossman]], [[Daintree, Queensland|Daintree]], Cape Tribulation and [[Wujal Wujal]]. It includes the head of the [[Palmer River]], the [[Bloomfield River]], [[China Camp, Queensland|China Camp]], [[Maytown, Queensland|Maytown]], and [[Palmerville, Queensland|Palmerville]].<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/158|title=Yalanji|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> |
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===Protests=== |
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| ⚫ | In 1983, Cape Tribulation became widely known because of the [[blockade]] on the [[Bloomfield Track]]. Local government had decided to bulldoze a road through the rainforest north of Cape Tribulation to complete the coastal road to [[Cooktown]]. Protesters tried to stop the bulldozers and occupied trees to prevent their destruction.<ref>{{cite book |title=Taming the Great South Land: A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia |last=Lines |first=William J. |year=1991 |publisher=University of South California Press |isbn=0-520-07830-6 |page=257 }}<!--|accessdate=29 June 2011--></ref> While wild scenes with a large police and media presence ensued at the southern end, the road was completed in three short weeks as the road builders approached from northern end and flanked the protestors.<ref>{{cite book |title=Daintree – Jewel of Tropical North Queensland|last=Lines |first=Nielsen L. |year=1997 |publisher=Lloyd Nielsen |
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| ⚫ | Cape Tribulation was named by British [[navigator]] Lieutenant [[James Cook]] on 10 June 1770 (log date) after his ship scraped a reef north east of the cape, whilst passing over it, at 6pm. Cook steered away from the coast into deeper water but at 10.30pm the ship ran aground, on what is now named [[Endeavour Reef]]. The ship stuck fast and was badly damaged, desperate measures being needed to prevent it [[Shipwrecking|foundering]] until it was refloated the next day. Cook recorded "...the north point [was named] Cape [[Tribulation]] because "''here begun all our troubles''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17700610.html|title=Cook's Journal: Daily Entries|accessdate=2 February 2018}}</ref> |
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===Tourist destination=== |
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[[File:Cape Tribulation head, near Dubuji Boardwalk.JPG|thumb|left|The Dubuji Boardwalk leads to the beach.]] |
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[[File:Coconut Beach Resort 20051024.png|thumb|Coconut Beach Resort, 2005]] |
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From the mid-1980s the first backpackers [[hostel]]s started getting built, and in the 1990s some more resorts for the more upmarket tourists. Nowadays there are also several small owner operated [[Bed and Breakfast]] eco lodges hidden away in the rainforest. Compared to a lot of famous tourist destinations along coastal Queensland, Cape Tribulation is still an off the beaten track destination. |
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| ⚫ | In the 1930s some European [[settlers]] started arriving in Cape Tribulation, but they found the rainforest environment an extremely challenging one within which to establish a settlement. Various ventures such as fruit and vegetable farming, fishing, cattle, and timber cutting were started and abandoned over the years, and having weekly barges as the only transport in and out was another limitation. In the 1960s a rough track was [[bulldozed]] and the first vehicle access created, although the road remained a [[four-wheel drive]] track until the early 1990s. In 2002, the road was finally sealed all the way to Cape Tribulation and in early 2011 the last bridge was built creating year round all weather access to Cape Tribulation for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor Val Schier opened the Cooper Creek Causeway|url=http://www.daintreerainforestretreat.com.au/cooper-creek-causeway-upgrade|publisher=Stonewood Retreat|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref> |
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Most people visit the area during the [[dry season]] between July and November. During the [[wet season]] marine stingers are prevalent causing locals and visitors to swim in the many creeks that are not home to estuary crocodiles. There are four main resorts in the area catering to backpackers and more upmarket tourists, and some unique rainforest bed and breakfasts. |
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| ⚫ | In 1983, Cape Tribulation became widely known because of the [[blockade]] on the [[Bloomfield Track]]. Local government had decided to bulldoze a road through the rainforest north of Cape Tribulation to complete the coastal road to [[Cooktown]]. Protesters tried to stop the bulldozers and occupied trees to prevent their destruction.<ref>{{cite book |title=Taming the Great South Land: A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia |last=Lines |first=William J. |year=1991 |publisher=University of South California Press |isbn=0-520-07830-6 |page=257 }}<!--|accessdate=29 June 2011--></ref> While wild scenes with a large police and media presence ensued at the southern end, the road was completed in three short weeks as the road builders approached from northern end and flanked the protestors.<ref>{{cite book |title=Daintree – Jewel of Tropical North Queensland|last=Lines |first=Nielsen L. |year=1997 |publisher=Lloyd Nielsen}}</ref> By now the state and federal governments had started to realise the value of this ancient rainforest and despite protests from the local council the forests surrounding Cape Tribulation were given World Heritage Listing in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wet Tropics of Queensland|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/486|website=World Heritage Conservation|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The average annual rainfall for Cape Tribulation is 3,900 mm.<ref name="naq">{{cite book |title=Natural Areas of Queensland |last=Shilton |first=Peter |year=2005 |publisher=Goldpress |location=Mount Gravatt, Queensland |isbn=0-9758275-0-2 |page=52 }}<!--|accessdate=28 June 2011--></ref> |
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== Demographics == |
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In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Cape Tribulation had a population of 118 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30533|name=Cape Tribulation (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref> |
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A sealed road provides access to the area from the south via the [[Daintree River Ferry]] and with the completion of the Cooper Creek bridge access is now year round all weather. North from Cape Tribulation Beach House, a four-wheel drive unsealed road, known as the [[Bloomfield Track]], continues to the [[Bloomfield River]], [[Wujal Wujal]], [[Bloomfield Falls]] and [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]] and is often closed during the wet season (February to April). |
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In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Cape Tribulation had a population of 123 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30529|name=Cape Tribulation (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref> |
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==Activities== |
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[[File:Australian Fan Palm, Dubuji Boardwalk, Cape Tribulation.JPG|thumb|Australian Fan Palm. Large circular leaves that resemble an umbrela.]] |
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The [[Great Barrier Reef]] is some {{Convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} due east; there is a boat charter that leaves from the beach at Cape Tribulation. Other activities available are 4WD tours, [[horse-riding]], jungle surfing, exotic fruit tasting tours, electric mountain bike tours, guided nightwalks and crocodile cruises. |
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== Education == |
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The [[Daintree Entomological Museum]] showcasing the butterfly and beetle collection of lifelong collector Steve Lamond is located {{convert|15|km|mi}} south of Cape Tribulation. |
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There are no schools in Cape Tribulation. The nearest government primary schools are Bloomfield River State School in neighbouring [[Bloomfield, Queensland|Bloomfield]] to the north and Alexandra Bay State School in [[Diwan, Queensland|Diwan]] to the south. There are no government secondary schools nearby; the options are [[Distance education in Queensland|distance education]] and boarding school..<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> |
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Cape Tribulation also has the only Conspiracy Museum in the world, where a local residents has compiled evidence and historical documents showing how for decades various governments and other individuals and organisations have made life hard for the Daintree community to discourage settlement and tried to drive them off their land. The museum is located in the Rainforest Hideaway B&B which also has an interesting rain forest sculpture trail. |
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There are a number of lookouts in the locality, including: |
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* Mount Sorrow Ridge Trail Lookout ({{coord|-16.0766|145.4403|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Sorrow Ridge Trail Lookout}})<ref name="TouristPoints">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Tourist points - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124222328/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> |
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===Walking tracks=== |
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* Kulki Boardwalk Lookout ({{coord|-16.0766|145.4722|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Kulki Boardwalk Lookout}})<ref name="TouristPoints" /> |
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[[File:Cape Tribulation Mangroves.jpg|thumb|[[Mangroves]] growing on the beach.]] |
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* Marrja Boardwalk Lookout ({{coord|-16.1406|145.4373|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Marrja Boardwalk Lookout}})<ref name="TouristPoints" /> |
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The area has a number of walking tracks ranging from easy to difficult.<ref name="dnp"/> The Dubuji Boardwalk is a walking trail from the main highway to the beach that has toilet and picnic facilities. It leads mainly through swampland with many [[mangroves]]. A characteristic of this walk are the tree trunks the path is built around. The Mount Sorrow ridge trail is a seven-hour walk which leads to a lookout with expansive views.<ref name="dnp">[http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/daintree-cape-tribulation/ Cape Tribulation, Daintree National Park]. Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Retrieved 6 January 2014.</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Tourism in Australia]] |
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*[[Cape Tribulation (Mars)]] |
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*[http://rainforesthideaway.com.au/cape-tribulation-movies.htm Movies of Cape Tribulation and cassowaries] |
*[http://rainforesthideaway.com.au/cape-tribulation-movies.htm Movies of Cape Tribulation and cassowaries] |
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| Coordinates | 16°02′05″S 145°25′09″E / 16.0347°S 145.4191°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 123 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.979/km2 (2.536/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1930s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4873 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 125.6 km2 (48.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Cape Tribulation is a headland and coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas in northern Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 123 people.[1]
Geography
[edit]The locality is 110 km (68 mi) north of Cairns. It is within the Daintree National Park and the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. It is within the local government area of Shire of Douglas (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Cairns Region).
Cape Tribulation Bloomfield Road enters the locality from the south (Thornton Beach) and exits to the north (Bloomfield).[4]
The locality contains a small number of bed and breakfast eco lodges, tourism resorts and backpacker hostels. A few very rare plants can be found on Cape Tribulation.[5]
History
[edit]Kuku Yalanji (also known as Gugu Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, and Kuku Yelandji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Mossman and Daintree areas of North Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal.[6]
Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.[7]
Cape Tribulation was named by British navigator Lieutenant James Cook on 10 June 1770 (log date) after his ship scraped a reef north east of the cape, whilst passing over it, at 6pm. Cook steered away from the coast into deeper water but at 10.30pm the ship ran aground, on what is now named Endeavour Reef. The ship stuck fast and was badly damaged, desperate measures being needed to prevent it foundering until it was refloated the next day. Cook recorded "...the north point [was named] Cape Tribulation because "here begun all our troubles".[8]
In the 1930s some European settlers started arriving in Cape Tribulation, but they found the rainforest environment an extremely challenging one within which to establish a settlement. Various ventures such as fruit and vegetable farming, fishing, cattle, and timber cutting were started and abandoned over the years, and having weekly barges as the only transport in and out was another limitation. In the 1960s a rough track was bulldozed and the first vehicle access created, although the road remained a four-wheel drive track until the early 1990s. In 2002, the road was finally sealed all the way to Cape Tribulation and in early 2011 the last bridge was built creating year round all weather access to Cape Tribulation for the first time.[9]
In 1983, Cape Tribulation became widely known because of the blockade on the Bloomfield Track. Local government had decided to bulldoze a road through the rainforest north of Cape Tribulation to complete the coastal road to Cooktown. Protesters tried to stop the bulldozers and occupied trees to prevent their destruction.[10] While wild scenes with a large police and media presence ensued at the southern end, the road was completed in three short weeks as the road builders approached from northern end and flanked the protestors.[11] By now the state and federal governments had started to realise the value of this ancient rainforest and despite protests from the local council the forests surrounding Cape Tribulation were given World Heritage Listing in 1988.[12]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 118 people.[13]
In the 2021 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 123 people.[1]
Education
[edit]There are no schools in Cape Tribulation. The nearest government primary schools are Bloomfield River State School in neighbouring Bloomfield to the north and Alexandra Bay State School in Diwan to the south. There are no government secondary schools nearby; the options are distance education and boarding school..[4]
Climate
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The average annual rainfall for Cape Tribulation is 3,900 mm.[14]
Attractions
[edit]There are a number of lookouts in the locality, including:
- Mount Sorrow Ridge Trail Lookout (16°04′36″S 145°26′25″E / 16.0766°S 145.4403°E)[15]
- Kulki Boardwalk Lookout (16°04′36″S 145°28′20″E / 16.0766°S 145.4722°E)[15]
- Marrja Boardwalk Lookout (16°08′26″S 145°26′14″E / 16.1406°S 145.4373°E)[15]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cape Tribulation (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Cape Tribulation". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Cape Tribulation – locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48561)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "About Cape Tribulation". Department of Environment and Resource Management. 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Kuku Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Cook's Journal: Daily Entries". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Mayor Val Schier opened the Cooper Creek Causeway". Stonewood Retreat. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Lines, William J. (1991). Taming the Great South Land: A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia. University of South California Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-520-07830-6.
- ^ Lines, Nielsen L. (1997). Daintree – Jewel of Tropical North Queensland. Lloyd Nielsen.
- ^ "Wet Tropics of Queensland". World Heritage Conservation. UNESCO. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cape Tribulation (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Shilton, Peter (2005). Natural Areas of Queensland. Mount Gravatt, Queensland: Goldpress. p. 52. ISBN 0-9758275-0-2.
- ^ a b c "Tourist points - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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