Lower Cowley Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 17°41′47″S 146°04′29″E / 17.6963°S 146.0747°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 55 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 4.58/km2 (11.87/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 12.0 km2 (4.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Lower Cowley is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people. [1]
Liverpool Creek flows through Lower Cowley and enters the Coral Sea at Cowley Beach. The land is flat and low-lying and is used to grow crops, predominantly sugarcane. There is a cane tramway through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills. [3]
The locality takes its name from Cowley Beach, which in turn is named after horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley, who was the overseer at Kamerunga State Nursery. [2]
Cowley Lower State School opened on 10 May 1937 and closed in 1956. [4]
In the 2016 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 64 people. [5]
In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people. [1]
Lower Cowley Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 17°41′47″S 146°04′29″E / 17.6963°S 146.0747°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 55 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 4.58/km2 (11.87/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4871 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 12.0 km2 (4.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Cassowary Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Hill | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Lower Cowley is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people. [1]
Liverpool Creek flows through Lower Cowley and enters the Coral Sea at Cowley Beach. The land is flat and low-lying and is used to grow crops, predominantly sugarcane. There is a cane tramway through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills. [3]
The locality takes its name from Cowley Beach, which in turn is named after horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley, who was the overseer at Kamerunga State Nursery. [2]
Cowley Lower State School opened on 10 May 1937 and closed in 1956. [4]
In the 2016 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 64 people. [5]
In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people. [1]