Jardine River, Queensland
Suburb of Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia
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Jardine River is a coastal locality split between the Shire of Cook and the Shire of Torres in Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, Jardine River had "no people or a very low population".[1]
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| Coordinates: 11.3208°S 142.7358°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3,955.5 km2 (1,527.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4874 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
Most of the locality is within protected areas apart from small areas in the north and east of the locality.[4]
History
The locality takes its name from the river Jardine River which was originally called Deception River but was renamed by Governor of Queensland George Ferguson Bowen after Francis Lascelles Jardine and Alexander William Jardine. In 1864–1865 the Jardines overlanded stock from Rockhampton to Somerset on the Cape York Peninsula.[3]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Jardine River had "no people or a very low population".[5]
In the 2021 census, Jardine River had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Education
There are no schools in Jardine River. The nearest government primary school and secondary school is Northern Peninsula Area College which has primary school campus in neighbouring Injinoo to the west and primary school and secondary schools campuses in Bamaga to the north. However, students in the south of the locality would be too distant to attend the college; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[6]
