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In 1880, it was reported that about 350 Chinese miners had returned to the Coen goldfield. Due to the fierce resistance of local
Aboriginal people, settlement on the McIvor and Coen Rivers only took a tentative hold during the early 1880s. In 1881, the first settlers on these rivers had to retreat to
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Stewart River area who had been dispossessed of their lands by European pastoral expansion into their country in the late 19th century. They formed a community at the Stewart River on what is now Silver Plains Station, near the site of the Moojeeba township. In the 1930s, they were removed to
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Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs owned 12 houses in the town of Coen, and 12 at the Aboriginal reserve opposite the cemetery. In the 1990s, the Aboriginal population of Coen had split into two different family groups. One group continued to live at the
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and the Archer River. A more permanent camp was then established. As the camp increased in size, the
Director of Native Affairs was in favour of removing everyone to Lockhart River Mission to avoid the expense associated with providing services to the camp. However, the local protector opposed the
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In 1987, the Lama Lama people at Coen started petitioning the
Queensland Government for a grant of land on their traditional country at Port Stewart. In 1989, the Department of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs gave the Lama Lama people a vehicle so that they could maintain an outstation at Port
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Isolation was a challenge in Coen, in particular in regard to communication, with one of the last pack horse runs in
Queensland operating out of Coen as late as the 1950s. As well, until the 1960s, when the Weipa-Bamaga area was developed, Coen was the most northerly town on Cape York
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Aboriginal people from the Munkan, Kaanju and Lama Lama lived scattered around Coen, living in bark and stick huts. In 1939, there was an influx of Aboriginal people who had earlier been removed from Coen to Lockhart River, and others from
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Station falsely accused the Lama Lama people of harassing stock. The accusations came as a response to the Lama Lama people refusing to work on the station at under-award rates of pay. The Lama Lama were removed to
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protection after a Native Police camp was established at McIvor in 1886 and at Coen in 1888. The
Aboriginal people in the Coen district adapted to European settlement by moving onto the newly established cattle stations where they became
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to Coen following Sefton's return to Cooktown with 140 ounces of gold. About 500 miners flocked to the Coen field, but exploration further afield was not possible due to the danger of being attacked by local Aboriginal people. The
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In the late 1970s, the introduction of equal wages for Aboriginal pastoral workers saw the disappearance of work on pastoral stations for many Aboriginal people, and the permanent population of Coen grew to its present size. The
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after leading a prospecting party into the interior of Cape York. He built a log fort there for protection from any hostility from local Aboriginal groups and prospected for gold in the surrounding country. In 1878, there was a
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led a government-sponsored exploration of Cape York Peninsula. Jack left Cooktown and travelled up the Coen track previously marked out by Sefton, where they encountered Aboriginal people in great numbers:
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was found at Coen and mining recommenced. In 1892, Coen had a population of approximately 125 people, including a small population of 25 Chinese immigrants who prospected for gold and worked their
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Coen is an ideal destination for birdwatchers: there are good accommodations and a large and varied bird fauna with representatives from rain forest, monsoon forest and coastal forests.
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The local Coen protector arranged for the Aboriginal people who were working to contribute to the cost of camp improvements and, under those terms, they were allowed to stay at Coen.
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Coen Provisional School opened on 6 May 1895. On 1 January 1909, it became Coen State School. It closed in 1929 but reopened circa 1948. In January 2010, it became a campus of the
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Aboriginal reserve opposite the cemetery and the other had taken up residence down the river at the council camping reserve. These two groups continue to live separately today.
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and other northern communities. It is a popular stopping point for tourists driving to the tip of Cape York - the northernmost part of the Australian mainland.
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As gold mining declined from around the 1930s, Coen still remained an important administrative and social centre for the surrounding Cape York communities.
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led an expedition to the Palmer River in 1873. A government surveyor, A C Macmillan, with a group of engineers protected by a consignment of Native Police,
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as may be prescribed". Over 300 Aboriginal people were removed from the Coen district to Aboriginal reserves. Almost half of those removed were sent to
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Coen Campus is a primary (Prep-6) campus of the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy. It is on Peninsula Developmental Road (
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2081:"Agency ID 10824, Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy - Coen; Western Cape College - Coen; Coen State School]"
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for a medical check-up. Some families walked back to Coen. Eventually, the majority resettled themselves at Coen.
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2642:"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories: Coen"
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1934:"Port Stewart – population centre in Shire of Cook (entry 32378)"
1851:"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community histories: Coen"
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2602:. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. (1976).
1976:"Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map"
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Cape York Peninsula: Pathways to Community Economic Development
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There is a boat ramp at Port Stewart into the Stewart River (
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2158:"Queensland's last Aboriginal police tracker calls it a day"
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funded the construction of houses at Coen during the 1970s.
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Cape York Peninsula: A History of Unlauded Heroes 1845-2003
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Cooktown. A Cooktown newspaper correspondent reported that:
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2665:. Roy McIvor. Magabala Books. Broome, Western Australia.
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Premier's Department (prepared by Connell Wagner). 1989.
2371:"Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church (1 Armbrust Street)"
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Commonwealth Aboriginal Councils and Association Act 1976
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in 1872. Hann's exploration party discovered gold on the
2131:"Queensland Places - Coen | State Library Of Queensland"
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892:, the locality of Coen had a population of 416 people.
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2579:. Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Association, Cooktown.
2109:. Canberra, Australia: Alan Reeve North. p. 23.
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2616:. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton.
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In May 1944, 14 acres were gazetted near Coen as an
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Sergeant Whiteford and the Aboriginal trackers, 1898
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596:(also known as Kaanju and Kandju) is a language of
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2663:Cockatoo: My Life in Cape York. Stories and Art
776:Great Northern Mine's crushing statistics, 1905
440:, Australia. The town of Coen is inland on the
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2458:"Coen Carrier Station (former) (entry 601485)"
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726:Coen Post Office opened on 20 June 1893 (a
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2156:McKillop, Charlie (3 July 2014).
2033:Queensland Family History Society
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456:having to pass through the town.
236:228 km (142 mi) NNW of
2997:1877 establishments in Australia
2700:Brian Randall (28 August 2014).
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2595:Limited Edition - Leather Bound.
2512:Cape York: An Adventurer's Guide
2344:Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns
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61:Town in Queensland, Australia
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2575:Scarth-Johnson, Vera. 2000.
2463:Queensland Heritage Register
2191:Fraser, Cleo (3 July 2014).
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2510:Moon, Ron & Viv. 2003.
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663:on the Lower Palmer River.
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2738:"Town map of Port Stewart"
2702:"Queensland Places - Coen"
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2105:North, Alan Reeve (2011).
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201:199 m (653 ft)
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3002:Coastline of Queensland
2612:Wallace, Lennie. 2003.
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357:Localities around Coen:
2726:"Town map of Moojeeba"
2318:"Coen Campus of CYAAA"
2262:2016 Census QuickStats
2228:2011 Census QuickStats
1938:Queensland Place Names
1909:Queensland Place Names
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1757:Queensland Place Names
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2661:McIvor, Roy (2010).
2598:Sutton, Peter (ed).
2524:Roberts, Jan. 1981.
2434:. 12 November 2020.
2428:Queensland Open Data
1228:Record high °C (°F)
1136:Coen Carrier Station
1125:13.9399°S 143.1989°E
1103:Coen Carrier Station
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1008:-13.94527; 143.20074
945:Coen Campus of CYAAA
934:13.9455°S 143.1999°E
735:Western Cape College
617:Jan Pieterszoon Coen
560:14.0669°S 143.6861°E
517:14.0791°S 143.6486°E
144:13.9436°S 143.1986°E
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2714:"Town map of Coen"
2543:. Cairns. (1989).
2135:www.slq.qld.gov.au
2006:"Post Office List"
1880:"Queensland Globe"
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149:-13.9436; 143.1986
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2687:Queensland portal
2671:978-1-921248-22-1
2339:"Cooktown Parish"
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