Edward River, Queensland
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  Edward River | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 14°54′30″S 142°30′29″E / 14.9083°S 142.5080°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 5,935.3 km2 (2,291.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00000/km2 (0.00000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4892 | ||||||||||||
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Edward River is an outback locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Edward River had "no people or a very low population".[1]
This inland locality on the Cape York Peninsula is named for the Edward River that runs through it towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. Musgrave-Strathgordon Road passes through the locality from Yarraden to the east towards Pormpuraaw to the west on the Gulf.
History
Kuuk Thaayorre (also known as Koko-Daiyuri, Kuku Yak, Thayorre, and used as a generic name for several related languages/dialects) is an Australian Aboriginal Language spoken on Western Cape York, particularly in the area around Pormpuraaw (Edward River). The Thaayorre language region includes the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Pormpuraaw and the Shire of Cook.[4]
Kugu Mu'inh ( also known as Wik Muinh, Kuku Muinh, Wik Muin, Kuku-Mu'inh. See also related Wik languages) is a traditional language of the area which includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire.[5]
