Kowanyama
- Local Government Area
- Kowanyama
- Population
- 1,079
- Area
- 2,555.33 km²
- Coordinates
- -15.3195, 141.8106
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Kowanyama
Kowanyama is a town and coastal locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama, Queensland, Australia. It is the site of the former Mitchell River Mission, founded in 1916, after the nearby Trubanamen Mission (established not far away on Topsy Creek in 1905) was abandoned. In the 2021 census, the locality of Kowanyama had a population of 1,079 people.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Pormpuraaw 66 km
- Edward River 77 km
- Maramie 94 km