Gangalidda, Queensland

Gangalidda is a coastal locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Gangalidda had a population of 0 people.[1]

For the Gangalidda language, see Yukulta language.

Gangalidda
Queensland
Gangalidda
Coordinates16.9627°S 138.9863°E / -16.9627; 138.9863
Population0 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.0000/km2 (0.000/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4825
Area287.6 km2 (111.0 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee
State electorate(s)Traeger
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Gangalidda:
Nicholson Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Carpentaria
Nicholson Gangalidda Gulf of Carpentaria
Nicholson Nicholson Nicholson

History

In 1933 the Doomadgee Aboriginal Mission was established at Bayley Point (16.9167°S 139.0333°E / -16.9167; 139.0333 (Bayley Point))[3] on the Gulf of Carpentaria by the Open Brethren. However, the location was remote and lacked a reliable water supply. After a cyclone destroyed the mission in 1936,[4] the mission was relocated approximately 115 kilometres (71 mi) south on the Nicholson River to present day Doomadgee.[5]

Prior to the creation of the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee in 2007, this land around the Bayley Point area was part of the locality of Nicholson in the Shire of Burke. After the creation of the new shire in 2007, the land became part of the new shire but retained the name of Nicholson. On 28 August 2009, it was renamed Gangalidda[2] (the Gangalidda people being one of the two traditional owners of the land in the Doomadgee area, the other being the Waanyi people).[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gangalidda (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Gangalidda - locality in Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire (entry 45902)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. "Bayley Point - point in the Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire (entry 1912)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. "ALSO DAMAGED BY CYCLONE". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 27 March 1936. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 5 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Old Doomadgee Mission (1933 - 1936)". Find & Connect. Australian Government. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "Doomadgee". Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. Queensland Government. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.


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