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South Mission Beach

October 23, 2023

South Mission Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 968 people.[4]

South Mission Beach
Queensland
South Mission Beach looking south towards Lugger Bay, 2004
South Mission Beach
Coordinates17°56′36″S 146°05′34″E / 17.9433°S 146.0927°E / -17.9433; 146.0927 (South Mission Beach (town centre))
Population956 (UCL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4852
Area32.0 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Localities around South Mission Beach:
Tam O'Shanter Wongaling Beach Coral Sea
Carmoo South Mission Beach Dunk
Hull Heads Hull Heads Coral Sea

Geography Edit

As the name suggests, South Mission Beach is south of Mission Beach, although not immediately south as the town of Wongaling Beach lies between them. The three towns are bounded on the east by a shared sandy beach 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long facing the Coral Sea commencing at Clump Point in Mission Beach at the northern end through to Tam O'Shanter Point in South Mission Beach at the southern end (17°58′00″S 146°06′00″E / 17.9666°S 146.1000°E / -17.9666; 146.1000 (Tam O'Shanter Point)).[5][6][7]

South Mission Beach is bounded in the south and south-west by the Hull River with the North Hull River (a tributary of the Hull River) forming part of its north-western boundary. Most of the land in the locality is low-lying (less than 10 metres above sea level) and undeveloped and forms part of the Hull River National Park. However, there are some hills along the south-eastern coastline rising to unnamed peaks of up to 120 metres above sea level. The only development in the locality is residential along the north-east coast where the land is freehold.[5]

The locality of South Mission Beach includes the former township of Kenny.[3]

Tam O'Shanter Point creates two bays to the north and south of the headland, Lugger Bay to the north (17°57′59″S 146°05′48″E / 17.9665°S 146.0966°E / -17.9665; 146.0966 (Lugger Bay)) and Kennedy Bay to the south (17°58′34″S 146°05′49″E / 17.9762°S 146.0969°E / -17.9762; 146.0969 (Kennedy Bay)).[5][8][9]

Dunk Island lies off the coast.[5]

There is only one road into the locality, South Mission Beach Road, which is a side-road of the more major Tully Mission Beach Road which connects to the Bruce Highway at Birkalla immediately to the north of Tully.[5]

History Edit

Further information: Hull River Aboriginal Settlement

The area lies within the traditional tribal territory of the JiDjiru-speaking Aboriginal people, who were closely related linguistically and culturally to the Jirrbal, Gulngay and Mamu speaking people in the adjacent rainforests.[10]

Tam O'Shanter Point was named by Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Rattlesnake, after the barque Tam O'Shanter which was the ship sailed by explorer Edmund Kennedy to North Queensland on his ill-fated expedition to reach Cape York Peninsula.[11] Kennedy Bay was named after Edmund Kennedy.[9]

The first European settlers in the general area were the Cutten family at present day Bingil Bay and the Garner family at present day Garners Beach. In 1912 the settlers arrived at present day South Mission Beach (the Reid family, Ben Beamon and George Webb).[10]

In September 1913, 2,900 acres of land on the Hull River were gazetted as an Aboriginal Reserve creating the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement. On 15 September 1914 John Martin Kenny, who had previously been a non-commissioned officer of the native police and an overseer at the Cape Bedford Mission was appointed Superintendent at the new settlement. The settlement site was in the north of present-day South Mission Beach. On 10 March 1918 the settlement was demolished by a cyclone and the superintendent and his daughter were killed along with 12 Aboriginal people from the settlement. According to a report on the destruction of the settlement, over 400 Aboriginal people lived on the reserve at the time of the cyclone. The Hull River settlement was not rebuilt and many of the people were relocated from the reserve to Palm Island in 1918.[12][13] All the materials at the Hull River settlement that might be useful at Palm Island were removed and then abandoned.[10]

After the removal of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement, European settlers moved to the area to farm. However, access remained principally by sea due to a lack of road access In December 1938 a road from Tully to the Mission Beach area was completed.[14] A township which was established in 1939 was named Kenny in honour of John Martin Kenny of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement,[15] but it was known locally as South Mission Beach and was officially renamed so on 1 November 1963. The former township of Kenny was named after John Martin Kenny of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement.[3][10]

In the 2016 census, the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 932 people.[16]

In the 2021 census, the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 968 people.[4]

Education Edit

There are no schools in South Mission Beach. The nearest government primary school is Mission Beach State School in neighbouring Wongaling Beach to the north.[17] The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the south-west.[5]

Amenities Edit

South Mission Beach is home to many community groups including a Surf Life Saver's Club,[18] an Outriggers Club[19] and a Scout Group.[20]

There are two boat ramps, both managed by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council, at:

Attractions Edit

The Kennedy walking track is a boardwalk that follows the coast just south of the town (starting at the Kennedy Esplanade boat ramp) and is known for giving hikers a glimpse into the coastal rainforests within the region.[22]

The Mija Memorial, commemorating the victims of the cyclone at the Hull River Settlement, was unveiled 100 years later, on 10 March 2018. It is at the junction of South Mission Beach Road and the Kennedy Esplanade (17°56′14″S 146°05′39″E / 17.93729°S 146.09427°E / -17.93729; 146.09427 (Mija Memorial)).[23]

References Edit

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "South Mission Beach (Urban Centre and Locality)". Australian Census 2021.  
  2. ^ "South Mission Beach – town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 31499)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "South Mission Beach – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45755)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "South Mission Beach (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.  
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Clump Point – point in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 7511)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Tam O'Shanger Point – point in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 33218)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Lugger Bay – bay in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 20251)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Kennedy Bay – bay in the Cassowary Coast Region (entry 17946)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d "Indigenous History". Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation. from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Tam O'Shanter Point (entry 33218)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander missions and reserves in Queensland" (PDF). State Library of Queensland. (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  13. ^ "THE CYCLONE AT HULL. RIVER". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Vol. XXXIV, no. 11, 103. Queensland, Australia. 14 March 1918. p. 5. from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "MISSION BEACH ROAD". Cairns Post. No. 11, 494. Queensland, Australia. 16 December 1938. p. 10. from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "New Township in North Recalls 1918 Cyclone". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 19 January 1939. p. 7 (CITY FINAL LAST NEWS). from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "South Mission Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.  
  17. ^ "Mission Beach State School". Mission Beach State School. from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Mission Beach SLSC | NQ Life Saving". from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Mission Beach Outrigger Canoe Club". Mission Beach Tourism. from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Mission Beach Scout Group". Far North Region Scouts. from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Kennedy Walking Track". Tourism & Events Queensland. from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Hull River Settlement Monument (Mija Memorial)". Monument Australia. from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

Attribution Edit

  This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander missions and reserves in Queensland published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 15 April 2014.

Further reading Edit

  • Mackness, Constance; Mission Beach - Bingil Bay Progress Association (1983), Clump Point and district : an historical record of Tom O'Shanter, South Mission Beach, Mission Beach, Bingil Bay, Garner's Beach and Kurrimine, G.K. Bolton, ISBN 978-0-9591796-0-6

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Mission Beach, Queensland.
  • "South Mission Beach". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
  • Pedley, Helen. "A Brief History of Mission Beach".
  • Archived website by Helen Pedley.

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South Mission Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region Queensland Australia 2 3 In the 2021 census the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 968 people 4 Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates South Mission Beach QueenslandSouth Mission Beach looking south towards Lugger Bay 2004South Mission BeachCoordinates17 56 36 S 146 05 34 E 17 9433 S 146 0927 E 17 9433 146 0927 South Mission Beach town centre Population956 UCL 2021 1 Postcode s 4852Area32 0 km2 12 4 sq mi Time zoneAEST UTC 10 00 Location25 7 km 16 mi E of Tully59 2 km 37 mi S of Innisfail146 km 91 mi S of Cairns232 km 144 mi NNW of Townsville1 584 km 984 mi NNW of BrisbaneLGA s Cassowary Coast RegionState electorate s HillFederal division s KennedyLocalities around South Mission Beach Tam O Shanter Wongaling Beach Coral SeaCarmoo South Mission Beach DunkHull Heads Hull Heads Coral Sea Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Education 4 Amenities 5 Attractions 6 References 6 1 Attribution 7 Further reading 8 External linksGeography EditAs the name suggests South Mission Beach is south of Mission Beach although not immediately south as the town of Wongaling Beach lies between them The three towns are bounded on the east by a shared sandy beach 13 kilometres 8 1 mi long facing the Coral Sea commencing at Clump Point in Mission Beach at the northern end through to Tam O Shanter Point in South Mission Beach at the southern end 17 58 00 S 146 06 00 E 17 9666 S 146 1000 E 17 9666 146 1000 Tam O Shanter Point 5 6 7 South Mission Beach is bounded in the south and south west by the Hull River with the North Hull River a tributary of the Hull River forming part of its north western boundary Most of the land in the locality is low lying less than 10 metres above sea level and undeveloped and forms part of the Hull River National Park However there are some hills along the south eastern coastline rising to unnamed peaks of up to 120 metres above sea level The only development in the locality is residential along the north east coast where the land is freehold 5 The locality of South Mission Beach includes the former township of Kenny 3 Tam O Shanter Point creates two bays to the north and south of the headland Lugger Bay to the north 17 57 59 S 146 05 48 E 17 9665 S 146 0966 E 17 9665 146 0966 Lugger Bay and Kennedy Bay to the south 17 58 34 S 146 05 49 E 17 9762 S 146 0969 E 17 9762 146 0969 Kennedy Bay 5 8 9 Dunk Island lies off the coast 5 There is only one road into the locality South Mission Beach Road which is a side road of the more major Tully Mission Beach Road which connects to the Bruce Highway at Birkalla immediately to the north of Tully 5 History EditFurther information Hull River Aboriginal Settlement The area lies within the traditional tribal territory of the JiDjiru speaking Aboriginal people who were closely related linguistically and culturally to the Jirrbal Gulngay and Mamu speaking people in the adjacent rainforests 10 Tam O Shanter Point was named by Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Rattlesnake after the barque Tam O Shanter which was the ship sailed by explorer Edmund Kennedy to North Queensland on his ill fated expedition to reach Cape York Peninsula 11 Kennedy Bay was named after Edmund Kennedy 9 The first European settlers in the general area were the Cutten family at present day Bingil Bay and the Garner family at present day Garners Beach In 1912 the settlers arrived at present day South Mission Beach the Reid family Ben Beamon and George Webb 10 In September 1913 2 900 acres of land on the Hull River were gazetted as an Aboriginal Reserve creating the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement On 15 September 1914 John Martin Kenny who had previously been a non commissioned officer of the native police and an overseer at the Cape Bedford Mission was appointed Superintendent at the new settlement The settlement site was in the north of present day South Mission Beach On 10 March 1918 the settlement was demolished by a cyclone and the superintendent and his daughter were killed along with 12 Aboriginal people from the settlement According to a report on the destruction of the settlement over 400 Aboriginal people lived on the reserve at the time of the cyclone The Hull River settlement was not rebuilt and many of the people were relocated from the reserve to Palm Island in 1918 12 13 All the materials at the Hull River settlement that might be useful at Palm Island were removed and then abandoned 10 After the removal of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement European settlers moved to the area to farm However access remained principally by sea due to a lack of road access In December 1938 a road from Tully to the Mission Beach area was completed 14 A township which was established in 1939 was named Kenny in honour of John Martin Kenny of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement 15 but it was known locally as South Mission Beach and was officially renamed so on 1 November 1963 The former township of Kenny was named after John Martin Kenny of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement 3 10 In the 2016 census the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 932 people 16 In the 2021 census the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 968 people 4 Education EditThere are no schools in South Mission Beach The nearest government primary school is Mission Beach State School in neighbouring Wongaling Beach to the north 17 The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the south west 5 Amenities EditSouth Mission Beach is home to many community groups including a Surf Life Saver s Club 18 an Outriggers Club 19 and a Scout Group 20 There are two boat ramps both managed by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council at Jackey Jackey Street into the North Hull River 17 56 58 S 146 05 00 E 17 9495 S 146 0832 E 17 9495 146 0832 Jackey Jackey Street boat ramp 21 south end of the Kennedy Esplanade into Lugger Bay 17 57 03 S 146 05 28 E 17 9508 S 146 0911 E 17 9508 146 0911 Kennedy Esplanade boat ramp 21 Attractions EditThe Kennedy walking track is a boardwalk that follows the coast just south of the town starting at the Kennedy Esplanade boat ramp and is known for giving hikers a glimpse into the coastal rainforests within the region 22 The Mija Memorial commemorating the victims of the cyclone at the Hull River Settlement was unveiled 100 years later on 10 March 2018 It is at the junction of South Mission Beach Road and the Kennedy Esplanade 17 56 14 S 146 05 39 E 17 93729 S 146 09427 E 17 93729 146 09427 Mija Memorial 23 References Edit Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 South Mission Beach Urban Centre and Locality Australian Census 2021 nbsp South Mission Beach town in Cassowary Coast Region entry 31499 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b c South Mission Beach locality in Cassowary Coast Region entry 45755 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 December 2017 a b Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 South Mission Beach SAL 2021 Census QuickStats Retrieved 28 February 2023 nbsp a b c d e f Queensland Globe State of Queensland Retrieved 13 March 2022 Clump Point point in Cassowary Coast Region entry 7511 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 15 April 2018 Tam O Shanger Point point in Cassowary Coast Region entry 33218 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 15 April 2018 Lugger Bay bay in the Cassowary Coast Region entry 20251 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 15 April 2018 a b Kennedy Bay bay in the Cassowary Coast Region entry 17946 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 15 April 2018 a b c d Indigenous History Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation Archived from the original on 15 April 2018 Retrieved 15 April 2018 Tam O Shanter Point entry 33218 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 28 August 2015 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander missions and reserves in Queensland PDF State Library of Queensland Archived PDF from the original on 15 April 2018 Retrieved 15 April 2018 THE CYCLONE AT HULL RIVER Townsville Daily Bulletin Vol XXXIV no 11 103 Queensland Australia 14 March 1918 p 5 Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 Retrieved 15 April 2018 via National Library of Australia MISSION BEACH ROAD Cairns Post No 11 494 Queensland Australia 16 December 1938 p 10 Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 Retrieved 15 April 2018 via National Library of Australia New Township in North Recalls 1918 Cyclone The Telegraph Queensland Australia 19 January 1939 p 7 CITY FINAL LAST NEWS Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 Retrieved 15 April 2018 via National Library of Australia Australian Bureau of Statistics 27 June 2017 South Mission Beach SSC 2016 Census QuickStats Retrieved 20 October 2018 nbsp Mission Beach State School Mission Beach State School Archived from the original on 2 March 2022 Retrieved 5 March 2021 Mission Beach SLSC NQ Life Saving Archived from the original on 4 March 2022 Retrieved 28 July 2021 Mission Beach Outrigger Canoe Club Mission Beach Tourism Archived from the original on 24 July 2021 Retrieved 28 July 2021 Mission Beach Scout Group Far North Region Scouts Archived from the original on 24 July 2021 Retrieved 28 July 2021 a b Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland Queensland Open Data Queensland Government 12 November 2020 Archived from the original on 22 November 2020 Retrieved 22 November 2020 Kennedy Walking Track Tourism amp Events Queensland Archived from the original on 24 July 2021 Retrieved 28 July 2021 Hull River Settlement Monument Mija Memorial Monument Australia Archived from the original on 26 February 2020 Retrieved 26 February 2020 Attribution Edit nbsp This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander missions and reserves in Queensland published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence accessed on 15 April 2014 Further reading EditMackness Constance Mission Beach Bingil Bay Progress Association 1983 Clump Point and district an historical record of Tom O Shanter South Mission Beach Mission Beach Bingil Bay Garner s Beach and Kurrimine G K Bolton ISBN 978 0 9591796 0 6External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Mission Beach Queensland South Mission Beach Queensland Places Centre for the Government of Queensland University of Queensland Pedley Helen A Brief History of Mission Beach Mission Beach History Archived website by Helen Pedley Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Mission Beach amp oldid 1161489621, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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