Mowbray is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Mowbray had a population of 362 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the east by Trinity Bay (part of the

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) and to the south-west by the

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. Oak Beach is a small township along the east coast of Mowbray which has been excised into its own locality. Most of the terrain in Mowbray is mountainous with a number of named peaks (from north to south): * Mount Garioch () * Mount Charlie () * Harris Peak (also known as Black Mountain) () Most of this mountain terrain is within a number of protected areas:

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and

Mowbray National Park Mowbray is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 1441 km northwest of Brisbane. The park forms part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of a range of bird ...

to the west (covering the

) and

Macalister Range National Park Macalister Range National Park is a protected area of Queensland in Australia. It is within the locality of Wangetti in the Shire of Douglas and within the Macalister Range locality in the Cairns Region and forms part of the Wet Tropics World ...

for the hilly land in the east.Most of the unprotected land is in the north of the locality around the valleys of the Mowbray River and its tributary Spring Creek. The residential areas are in these valleys. The

Captain Cook Highway The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland that originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A). The ...

passes through the locality from south to north, hugging the Trinity Bay coast for much of the way. The low-lying river flats are used to grow

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. The locality also has coastal features (from north to south): * Yule Point () * Pebbly Beach () * Oak Beach () * Pretty Beach (formerly known as Little Reef Beach) () * Turtle Creek Beach ()

History

The locality of Mowbray was originally known as Mowbray River (which flows through the locality). On Thursday 16 March 1911, a cyclone hit the area doing considerable damage. The bridge which carried the tramway over the Mowbray River was swept away. Children from the Mowbray attended the school at Craiglie until that settlement declined and the majority of the children attending the school were from the Mowbray area. Mowbray River State School opened on 20 May 1925 under head teacher Alexander Larcombe Edwards. It had an initial enrolment of 13 students, rising to 21 students by the end of 1925. With fears of a Japanese invasion in 1942, many families evacuated and by March 1942 with only 2 students enrolled, the school was closed. In March 1944, the school reopened with 15 students. In 1961, the school had only 8 students at a time when the Queensland Education Department was introducing a new approach where bus transport would be provided for students to attend schools in larger centres. The school closed permanently at the end of 1961. In 1963, there was an auction selling the school's 5-acre site and building. The school was at 264 Mowbray River Road ().The school building is still on the site, forming part of a house.

Demographics

In the , Mowbray had a population of 321 people. In the , Mowbray had a population of 362 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mowbray. The nearest government primary school is Port Douglas State School in

Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately north of Cairns. In the , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. The town's population can often double, however, ...

to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Mossman State High School in Mossman to the north-west.

References

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* {{Shire of Douglas Shire of Douglas Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland