Stokes, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Stokes
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Alexandra River - panoramio.jpg
| caption = Alexandra River, at Stokes, 2013
| coordinates = {{coord|-18.6741|140.5019|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Stokes (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 75
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4823
| area = 11715.0
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 113
| dir1 = SSW
| location1 = Normanton
| dist2 = 418
| dir2 = NNE
| location2 = Mount Isa
| dist3 = 969
| dir3 = WNW
| location3 = Townsville
| dist4 = 2007
| dir4 = NW
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Shire of Carpentaria
| stategov = Traeger
| fedgov = Kennedy
| near-n = Normanton
| near-ne = Claraville
| near-e = Fielding
| near-se = Taldora
| near-s = Four Ways
| near-sw = Gidya
| near-w = Gregory
| near-nw = Carpentaria
}}
Stokes is an outback locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|42918|Stokes|locality in Shire of Carpentaria|accessdate=31 December 2017}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Stokes had a population of 75 people.
Geography
File:Leichardt River - panoramio (10).jpg
The Leichhardt River forms the western boundary of the locality. Together with the Alexandra River, the Cloncurry River, the Flinders River and the Saxby River and numerous creeks, they all flow from south to north through the locality. The Alexandra River becomes a tributary of the Leichhardt River at the north-western point of the locality and the Cloncurry River and Saxby Rivers both become tributaries of the Flinders River in the north-east of the locality, leaving only the Leichhardt and Flinders Rivers to continue to flow into the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north.
File:Termite mounds along the Burke Developmental Road, Stokes, Queensland, June 2019 01.jpg
The Burke Developmental Road passes through the locality from north-east to south. The Wills Developmental Road passes through the south-west of the locality. The roads intersect at the neighbouring locality of Four Ways to the south. The land is entirely used for pastoral leases and is mostly flat at approximately 50 metres above sea level.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=14 June 2023}}
The flatness of the land gives emphasis to a hill locally known as Bang Bang Jump Up on the Burke Developmental Road as it is the only sudden change in elevation within a very long distance and is of interest to tourists both as a lookout over the surrounding countryside and because they find the name amusing.{{cite web|url=http://www.exploreaustralia.net.au/Queensland/Gulf-Savannah/Normanton#tab=attractions|title=Normanton > Attractions|publisher=Explore Australia Publishing|access-date=13 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711203013/http://www.exploreaustralia.net.au/Queensland/Gulf-Savannah/Normanton#tab=attractions|archive-date=11 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ak3/bobjack100/australia2c.html|title=Travelogue of NW Queensland and the Northern Territory|access-date=2010-03-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604155119/http://www.angelfire.com/ak3/bobjack100/australia2c.html|archive-date=4 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}
History
The locality is named after John Lort Stokes, who was commanding officer of HMS Beagle from 1841 to 1846.
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Stokes had a population of 84 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32692|name=Stokes (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Stokes had a population of 75 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32667|name=Stokes (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Stokes, Queensland}}
{{Shire of Carpentaria}}