Palmer, Queensland

Palmer is a locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[1] The neighbourhood of Palmerville is within the locality (16.000°S 144.067°E / -16.000; 144.067 (Palmerville)).[2]

Palmer
Queensland
Gold mining dredge on the Palmer River
Palmer
Coordinates15°58′13″S 143°32′19″E
Postcode(s)4892
LGA(s)Shire of Cook
State electorate(s)Cook
Federal Division(s)Leichhardt
Suburbs around Palmer:
Maramie Dixie Laura
Maramie Palmer Lakeland
Groganville Gamboola
Mount Mulgrave		 Highbury

Geography

The Palmer River which flows through the locality from east to west. The Palmer River Goldfields Resource Reserve is the eastern part of the locality to the north of the river.

History

Kuku Yalanji (also known as Gugu Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, and Kuku Yelandji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Mossman and Daintree areas of North Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal.[3]

Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.[4]

The locality takes its name from the Palmer River which flows through the locality from east to west and the Palmer goldfields around the river. The river was named on 5 August 1872 by William Hann after Arthur Hunter Palmer, then Premier of Queensland.[1]

Heritage listings

Palmer has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Attractions

The Palmer River Goldfield Resource Reserve has old gold mines, rusting machinery, and some traces of the Maytown township for the visitor to explore.[11]

gollark: Low end ones probably not that much, considering, but the some of the graphical ones I've seen are more expensive than my phone.
gollark: £150 now gets you a very basic laptop assuming sales, it seems, so calculators should cost... lots less...
gollark: A DIY version of a graphical one would be much cheaper.
gollark: Plastic shell + a bunch of buttons + low-end CPU + solar panel + battery + LCD, and the higher end models are quite expensive.
gollark: The profit margins on calculators must be huge, come to think of it.

References
  1. "Palmer (entry 46137)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. "Palmerville - unbounded locality in the Shire of Cook (entry 25917)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Kuku Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. "Wild Irish Girl Mine and Battery (entry 600428)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. "Laura to Maytown Coach Road (entry 600427)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  7. "Maytown Township (entry 602255)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. "Alexandra Mine and Battery (entry 600429)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  9. "Stonyville Township, Water Race and Cemetery (entry 600433)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  10. "Palmer River Gold Company Dredge (entry 601871 )". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  11. "About Palmer Goldfield". Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

Media related to Palmer, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons

  • "Palmer River". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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