Lower Cowley, Queensland

Lower Cowley
Queensland
Lower Cowley is located in Queensland
Lower Cowley
Lower Cowley
Coordinates17°41′47″S 146°04′29″E / 17.6963°S 146.0747°E / -17.6963; 146.0747 (Lower Cowley (centre of locality))
Population55 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density4.58/km2 (11.87/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4871
Area12.0 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Lower Cowley:
Cowley Cowley Beach Cowley Beach
Cowley Lower Cowley Cowley Beach
McCutcheon Kurrimine Beach Kurrimine Beach

Lower Cowley is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.[1]

Geography

Liverpool Creek flows through Lower Cowley and enters the Coral Sea at Cowley Beach. The land is flat and low-lying and is used to grow crops, predominantly sugarcane. There is a cane tramway through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.[3]

History

The locality takes its name from neighbouring Cowley Beach, which in turn is named after horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley, who was the overseer at Kamerunga State Nursery.[2]

Cowley Lower State School opened on 10 May 1937 and closed in 1956.[4] It was on the eastern side of Gangemi Road (approx 17°41′40″S 146°04′31″E / 17.69448°S 146.07519°E / -17.69448; 146.07519 (Cowley Lower State School (former))).[5][6][7]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 64 people.[8]

In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Lower Cowley. The nearest government primary school is Silkwood State School in Silkwood to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Cowley (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Lower Cowley – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45719)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ^ "Innisfail" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m403" (Map). Queensland Government. 1951. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  8. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lower Cowley (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

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