Lockhart River, Queensland#Facilities

Lockhart River is a coastal Aboriginal community situated on the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The population consists mostly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, whose ancestors were forcibly moved to the area beginning in 1924.{{cite web |url=http://lockhart.qld.gov.au/shire-profile/our-history/ |title=Our History |website=lockhart.qld.gov.au |publisher=Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council |quote=Lockhart River was established in 1924 when people from five traditional territories in the area were coerced into a new Anglican mission (now known as the 'Old Site'). They spoke a number of different languages and were not used to living together. |access-date=21 June 2017 |archive-date=20 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220101948/http://lockhart.qld.gov.au/shire-profile/our-history/ |url-status=live}}

The locality includes a number of islands off the east coast: Chapman Island, Lloyd Island, Rocky Island, Sherrard Island, and Sunter Island (all of which are in the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River).{{Queensland Globe |access-date=28 December 2017}}

Lockhart River takes its name from the river located {{convert|14|km|mi}} south of the community. The river was named by explorer Robert Logan Jack in January 1880, after a close friend, Hugh Lockhart.{{cite QPN|19857|Lockhart River (river) |access-date=13 September 2015}}

Non-Indigenous people first arrived in 1848, when the explorer Edmund Kennedy set up a base camp near the mouth of the Pascoe River at Weymouth Bay. Kennedy left eight men at the camp but by the time they were located by the supply ship, only two remained alive, the other six having died from disease and starvation.{{cite book |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kennedy-edmund-besley-2297 |title=Kennedy, Edmund Besley (1818–1848) |author=Edgar Beale |via=adb.anu.edu.au |publisher=National Centre of Biography |access-date=24 June 2017 |archive-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612161824/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kennedy-edmund-besley-2297 |url-status=live}}

By the 1870s, fishermen with luggers looking for trepang, pearl shell, and trochus were in the coastal areas. Miners in search of tin and gold, along with timber cutters, were in the hills around Gordon Creek and the country inland around the Wenlock River.{{cite journal |url=http://www.press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p71311/pdf/article014.pdf |title='All Kind of Nation': Aborigines and Asians in Cape York Peninsula |author=Athol Chase |year=1981 |journal=Aboriginal History |publisher=ANU Press |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=7–19 |issn=0314-8769 |access-date=24 June 2017 |archive-date=7 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807183441/http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p71311/pdf/article014.pdf |url-status=dead}}

The Anglican Church established a mission at Orchid Point near the Lockhart River in 1924, at a location that had been a centre of a sandalwood trade. Aboriginal people came and were collected from parts of the Cape York Peninsula and placed at the mission, known as the Lockhart River Mission, Old Lockhart River Mission, or just Lockhart Mission. Six months later, the mission was relocated to Bare Hill, south of Cape Direction. In the 1930s, Lamalama people were forcibly relocated to the mission from the Port Stewart area, but they later returned. In 1939, many people who had earlier been removed from Coen to the mission, returned to the Coen area.{{cite web |title=Coen |website=Queensland Government |date=26 November 2014 |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/community-histories/community-histories-c-d/community-histories-coen |access-date=7 August 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807054838/https://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/community-histories/community-histories-c-d/community-histories-coen |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Nature, culture and history - Lama Lama National Park (CYPAL) |publisher=Queensland. Department of Environment and Science |website=Parks and forests |date=21 October 2009 |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/lama-lama/about/culture |access-date=7 August 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807055046/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/lama-lama/about/culture |url-status=live}}

Lockhart State School opened on 1 January 1924.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=4 June 2019}}

Iron Range Post Office opened on 5 November 1936, closed in 1942, reopened in 1950, and was renamed Lockhart River in 1978.{{Cite web |last=Phoenix Auctions History |title=Post Office List |url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Lockhart*River* |access-date=2 March 2021 |publisher=Phoenix Auctions}}

After the Second World War broke out, the European superintendent went on furlough in 1942,{{cite web |title=Old Lockhart River Mission Site |website=Monument Australia |url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/culture/indigenous/display/99749-old-lockhart-river-mission-site |access-date=7 August 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020192616/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/culture/indigenous/display/99749-old-lockhart-river-mission-site |url-status=live}} and the Aboriginal people were told to go to several bush camps and fend for themselves. After six months, in July 1942, the mission was reopened{{cite web |title=Lockhart River Mission (1924–1967) |website=Find & Connect |date=27 April 2014 |url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/qld/biogs/QE00904b.htm |access-date=7 August 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322182528/https://findandconnect.gov.au/ref/qld/biogs/QE00904b.htm |url-status=live}} but with poor resources and a lack of funding. Things improved under superintendent John Warby in the 1950s. A cooperative society was created in 1954 by the Rev. Alf Clint for the management of the trochus shell industry, until the market failed.{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clint-william-alfred-9766 |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography: William Alfred Clint |chapter=Clint, William Alfred (1906–1980) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=8 November 2021 |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109202434/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clint-william-alfred-9766 |url-status=live}} New houses were built and a village was created on the ocean side.

During World War II, Lockhart River Airport was constructed as a large American bomber base with three airstrips operating. The US bombers flew to Papua New Guinea and were met by their fighter escorts based at Bamaga and Horn Island further north. Many thousands of troops, both US and Australian, passed through as part of their jungle training before being shipped to southeast Asia, and many sorties from the base were flown against Japanese forces during the critical Battle of the Coral Sea, 4–8 May 1942. Portland Roads community, {{convert|40|km|mi}} north of Lockhart River, was the supply port for the war effort with a large jetty. This jetty has since been removed. Many old bunkers and rusting 44 gallon drums can still be found in bush areas.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

St James' Anglican Church was built circa 1953 from timber (approx {{coord|-12.959498|143.507|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St James' Anglican Church}}).{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St James' Anglican Church (circa 1953) |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=3773 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places}}

In 1967, the church handed over the mission to the Queensland government, which tried to relocate the people to Bamaga. Most of the people refused to go. In 1968–1969, the people were relocated from the traditional area of the Uutaalnganu people on the coast to a new site in Kuuku Ya'u country, further north and inland from Quintel Beach. This move and the assimilation policy of the new administration resulted in much discontent and friction.[http://publib.slq.qld.gov.au/footprints/communities/mainlandmap.htm State Library Qld.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208200253/http://publib.slq.qld.gov.au/footprints/communities/mainlandmap.htm |date=8 February 2006 }} URL accessed 2006-05-07

The Lockhart River Community was given Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) title to the lands in 1987. Locally elected councillors now provide administration for the Lockhart River DOGIT.

Circa 1974, a new brick St James' Anglican Church was built in Liway Street.{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St James' Anglican Church (circa 1974) |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=3772 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places}}

On 7 May 2005, a Fairchild Aircraft Inc. SA227-DC Metro 23 aircraft, registered VH-TFU, with two pilots and 13 passengers, was being operated by Transair on an instrument flight rules regular public transport service from Bamaga to Cairns, with an intermediate stop at Lockhart River, Queensland. At 1143:39 Eastern Standard Time, the aircraft impacted terrain in the Kutini-Payamu National Park on the north-western slope of South Pap, a heavily timbered ridge, approximately {{convert|11|km|mi}} north-west of the Lockhart River aerodrome. At the time of the accident, the crew was conducting an area navigation global navigation satellite system (GNSS) nonprecision approach to runway 12. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact forces and an intense, fuel-fed, post-impact fire. There were no survivors.ATSB accident summary

On 11 April 2014, the former locality of Lockhart was split into two new localities: Iron Range and Lockhart River.{{cite QPN|49103|Lockhart River|locality (Shire of Cook) |access-date=3 June 2016}}

File:Council office, Lockhart River, 2024.jpg

Lockhart River is both a town located in the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River and a coastal locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River and the Shire of Cook.{{Cite QPN|19856|Lockhart River|town |access-date=13 June 2017}}{{Cite QPN|45900|Lockhart River|locality in Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River |access-date=13 June 2017}}{{Cite QPN|49103|Lockhart River|locality in Shire of Cook |access-date=13 June 2017}}

Lockhart River has a tropical savannah climate (Köppen: Aw), with an oppressive wet season between November and May and a dry season from June and October with somewhat cooler temperatures and lower humidity.{{Cite web |url=https://www.plantmaps.com/koppen-climate-classification-map-australia-new-zealand.php |title=Interactive Australia / New Zealand Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification Map |website=www.plantmaps.com |access-date=2019-03-06 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306235102/https://www.plantmaps.com/koppen-climate-classification-map-australia-new-zealand.php |url-status=live}} Temperatures remain warm to hot year-round, with average maxima varying from {{convert|27.2|C}} in July to {{convert|32.3|C}} in December. Due to its average annual rainfall of {{convert|2074.9|mm|in|abbr=on}}, Lockhart River only has 36.4 clear days annually. Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|40.2|C}} on 19 November 1990 to {{convert|3.3|C}} on 20 July 1965.{{cite web

|url = https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=28008 |title = Lockhart River Airport Climate (1956-2024) |publisher = FarmOnline Weather |access-date = July 16, 2024}}

{{Weather box

| location = Lockhart River (12º47'24"S, 143º18'00"E, 19 m AMSL) (1965-2024 normals and extremes, rainfall to 1956)

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 38.0

| Feb record high C = 37.0

| Mar record high C = 36.0

| Apr record high C = 34.3

| May record high C = 33.6

| Jun record high C = 31.6

| Jul record high C = 31.9

| Aug record high C = 32.0

| Sep record high C = 35.2

| Oct record high C = 37.7

| Nov record high C = 40.2

| Dec record high C = 39.8

| Jan high C = 31.8

| Feb high C = 31.5

| Mar high C = 30.7

| Apr high C = 29.9

| May high C = 28.8

| Jun high C = 27.5

| Jul high C = 27.2

| Aug high C = 27.8

| Sep high C = 29.1

| Oct high C = 30.5

| Nov high C = 31.9

| Dec high C = 32.3

| Jan low C = 23.8

| Feb low C = 23.8

| Mar low C = 23.6

| Apr low C = 23.1

| May low C = 22.1

| Jun low C = 20.4

| Jul low C = 19.6

| Aug low C = 19.4

| Sep low C = 20.6

| Oct low C = 22.0

| Nov low C = 23.2

| Dec low C = 23.7

| Jan record low C = 18.9

| Feb record low C = 19.5

| Mar record low C = 18.2

| Apr record low C = 15.4

| May record low C = 11.5

| Jun record low C = 10.6

| Jul record low C = 3.3

| Aug record low C = 9.5

| Sep record low C = 10.6

| Oct record low C = 11.1

| Nov record low C = 13.4

| Dec record low C = 17.7

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 401.5

| Feb precipitation mm = 377.8

| Mar precipitation mm = 446.3

| Apr precipitation mm = 301.1

| May precipitation mm = 99.5

| Jun precipitation mm = 57.9

| Jul precipitation mm = 41.1

| Aug precipitation mm = 28.3

| Sep precipitation mm = 15.1

| Oct precipitation mm = 27.8

| Nov precipitation mm = 68.5

| Dec precipitation mm = 208.6

| year precipitation mm = 2074.9

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 19.3

| Feb precipitation days = 18.9

| Mar precipitation days = 19.6

| Apr precipitation days = 14.8

| May precipitation days = 11.9

| Jun precipitation days = 10.1

| Jul precipitation days = 8.9

| Aug precipitation days = 6.3

| Sep precipitation days = 3.4

| Oct precipitation days = 3.1

| Nov precipitation days = 5.5

| Dec precipitation days = 11.6

| Jan afthumidity = 74

| Feb afthumidity = 76

| Mar afthumidity = 76

| Apr afthumidity = 73

| May afthumidity = 73

| Jun afthumidity = 72

| Jul afthumidity = 69

| Aug afthumidity = 66

| Sep afthumidity = 63

| Oct afthumidity = 61

| Nov afthumidity = 63

| Dec afthumidity = 67

| Jan dew point C = 23.9

| Feb dew point C = 24.1

| Mar dew point C = 23.9

| Apr dew point C = 22.9

| May dew point C = 22.0

| Jun dew point C = 20.5

| Jul dew point C = 19.5

| Aug dew point C = 19.1

| Sep dew point C = 19.7

| Oct dew point C = 20.4

| Nov dew point C = 21.9

| Dec dew point C = 23.1

| source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology (1965-2024 normals and extremes, rainfall to 1956){{cite web

|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_028008_All.shtml

|title = Lockhart River Airport Climate Statistics (1956-2024)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 16, 2024}}

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}}

In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town of Lockhart River had a population of 542 people with 484 (89.3%) identifying as Indigenous.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL334400|name=Lockhart River (L) (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=2008-07-05|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the town of Lockhart River had a population of 463 people with 422 (90.6%) identifying as Indigenous.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL322066|name=Lockhart River (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2024-05-29|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Lockhart River had a population of 724 people with 629 (86.8%) identifying as Indigenous.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31688|name=Lockhart River (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Lockhart River had a population of 640 people with 502 (78.4%) identifying as Indigenous.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31673|name=Lockhart River (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Teaching block B, Lockhart State School, 2024.jpg

Lockhart State School is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at Puchewoo Street ({{coord|-12.7854|143.3441|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Lockhart State School}}).{{cite web |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |title=State and non-state school details |publisher=Queensland Government |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://lockhartss.eq.edu.au/ |title=Lockhart State School |access-date=2 March 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225212942/https://lockhartss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 97 students with 14 teachers and 1 non-teaching staff.{{cite web |url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 |title=ACARA School Profile 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=22 November 2018}} It includes a special education programme.

File:St James' Anglican Church, Lockhart River, 2024.jpg

The Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council operates an Indigenous Knowledge Centre, which includes a library, on Poucheewee Street.{{Cite web |url=http://lockhart.qld.gov.au/facilities-services/administration/library-internet/ |title=Library and Internet |website=Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=8 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808034430/http://lockhart.qld.gov.au/facilities-services/administration/library-internet/ |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/services/lockhart_river |title=Shire Council library services |date=20 September 2016 |website=Public Libraries Connect |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141239/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/services/lockhart_river |url-status=live}}

St James' Anglican Church is in Liway Street ({{coord|-12.786027|143.343|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St James' Anglican Church}}).

There is a boat ramp into the Claudie River approx {{Convert|4.8|km}} south of the Lockhart River town ({{coord|-12.8238|143.3453|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Claudie River (Lockhart River Community) boat ramp}}). It is managed by the Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council.{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Recreational Boating Facilities Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/recreational-boating-facilities-queensland/resource/60ce6cc3-af0c-4806-bc8c-ab0ee981819c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122210008/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/recreational-boating-facilities-queensland/resource/60ce6cc3-af0c-4806-bc8c-ab0ee981819c |archive-date=22 November 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

File:Police station, Lockhart River, 2024 01.jpg

Lockhart River Airport (also known as Iron Range Airport) is on Lockhart River Road, {{Convert|4.7|km}} west of the town ({{coord|-12.7867|143.3051|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=Lockhart River Airport}}).{{Cite web |date=22 October 2020 |title=Airports - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/f5e72c21-4f70-4cca-a22e-f2265b85ee56 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115071531/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/f5e72c21-4f70-4cca-a22e-f2265b85ee56 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |access-date=3 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}} It has a {{Convert|1500|m}} sealed all-weather runway with pilot-activated lights for 24 hour use. It provides access to the town during the wet season when roads are often closed due to flood water.{{Cite web |title=Airport |url=https://lockhart.qld.gov.au/airport |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council |language=en}}

The port at Quintell Beach has a barge facility from the beach into the Coral Sea {{Convert|2|km}} SSE of the town ({{Coord|-12.7947|143.3600|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Quintell Beach Port}}).{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Ports; Marinas and wharf areas |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |archive-date=19 December 2017 |access-date=28 June 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}} It serves the Lockhart River community and nearby pastoral stations. It is operated by Ports North.{{Cite web |title=Quintell Beach |url=https://www.portsnorth.com.au/quintell-beach/ |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Ports North |language=en}}

Lockhart River Police Station is in Piiramo Street ({{coord|-12.7879|143.3439|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Lockhart River Police Station}}).{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |title=Lockhart River Station |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/station/lockhart-river-station |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Queensland Police}}

Lockhart River Primary Health Care Centre is at 2 Paytham Street ({{coord|-12.7859|143.3437|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=health centre}}).{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Landmark Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121195536/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/db9c913b-b7e2-4d88-9a5e-32cbb1470f12 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-12-13 |title=Lockhart River Primary Health Care Centre |url=https://www.torres-cape.health.qld.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-centres/lockhart-river-primary-health-care-centre |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service |language=en}}

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• {{cite web|url=https://lockhart.qld.gov.au/|title= Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council (Official Website)}}
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