Cowley
- Local Government Area
- Cassowary Coast
- Postcode
- 4871
- Population
- 82
- Area
- 14.33 km²
- Coordinates
- -17.6800, 146.0541
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Cowley
Cowley is a small rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region of Far North Queensland, approximately 20 kilometres south of Innisfail. The landscape is dominated by sugarcane and banana farming within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, with remnant rainforest and nationally significant wetlands nearby. The area takes its name from horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley, overseer at the Kamerunga State Nursery.
Nearby localities
- Sandy Pocket 3 km
- Cowley Creek 3 km
- Lower Cowley 3 km
- Warrubullen 4 km
- McCutcheon 5 km
- Moresby (Qld) 5 km