Lower Cowley, Queensland
| Lower Cowley Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Lower Cowley | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°41′47″S 146°04′29″E / 17.6963°S 146.0747°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 55 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.58/km2 (11.87/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 12.0 km2 (4.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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).[5][6][7]
Demographics
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Cowley (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Lower Cowley – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45719)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Innisfail" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m403" (Map). Queensland Government. 1951. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Land parcel; Watercourse". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lower Cowley (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Dowe, J.L. (2014). "The botanical collections of Ebenezer Cowley" (PDF). Austrobaileya. 9 (2): 263–278.