Weipa

Weipa is on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula facing the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Weipa is just south of Duyfken Point, which was named by Matthew Flinders on 8 November 1802 after the ship Duyfken commanded by the Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon.{{Cite QPN|10966|Duyfken Point|point in Cook Shire|access-date=10 June 2019}} It is claimed that Janszoon was the first European to sight the Australian coast in the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1606, 164 years before Lieutenant James Cook sailed up the east coast of Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.duyfken.com/Dutch%20mariners/janszoon-1606|title=Janszoon 1606|website=Duyfken 1606 Replica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602174943/http://www.duyfken.com/Dutch%20mariners/janszoon-1606|archive-date=2 June 2019|url-status=live|access-date=10 June 2019}}

The town consists of three residential suburbs, Rocky Point, Trunding, and Nanum, in addition to the industrial suburb of Evans Landing; these suburbs are contiguous. The town also includes the suburb of Weipa Airport which is not connected to the other suburbs and contains the town's airport.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=20 May 2022}}

Yupanguthi (Yuputhimri, Jupangati, Yupangathi, Nggerikudi, Yupungati, Jupangati) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yupanguthi country. The Yupanguthi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Shire of Cook and Weipa Region.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/173?embed=true|title=Yupanguthi|website=Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}

Kugu Yi'anh is a language of Cape York. The traditional language area of Kugu Yi'anh includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/85|title=Kugu Yi'anh|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}

Kugu Nganchara (also known as Wik, Wiknantjara, Wik Nganychara, Wik Ngencherr. See also related Wik languages) is a traditional language of the area which includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/84?embed=true|title=Indigenous languages map of Queensland|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=5 February 2020}}

Kugu Muminh (also known as Kuku-Muminh. See also related Wik languages) is one of the traditional languages which includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/83?embed=true|title=Indigenous languages map of Queensland|website=State Library of Queensland|access-date=5 February 2020}}File:Bauxite section on kaolinitic sandstone C 007-3.jpg section on kaolinitic sandstone, 1969 ]] Thaynakwith (also known as Awngthim, Tainikuit and Winduwinda) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Western Cape York in the Weipa area taking in Albatross Bay and Mission River. The language region includes areas within the local government boundaries of Weipa Town Council and Cook Shire.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/129?embed=true|title=Thaynakwith|website=Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}

In 1895, Presbyterian missionary Reverend Nicholas John Hey established a mission at the junction of Embley River and Spring Creek which he called Weipa, which is believed to derive from the Anhathangayth word meaning "fighting ground". In 1932 the mission relocated approximately {{Convert|28|km|}} to Jessica Point, continuing under the same name,{{Cite web|url=http://www.weipatownauthority.com.au/western-cape-history|title=Western Cape History|publisher=Weipa Town Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727074634/http://www.weipatownauthority.com.au/western-cape-history|archive-date=27 July 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=8 August 2018}} Weipa Mission.{{cite web | title=Napranum | website=Queensland Government | url=https://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/community-histories/community-histories-n-p/community-histories-napranum | access-date=11 October 2020 | archive-date=20 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520082158/https://www.qld.gov.au/firstnations/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/community-histories/community-histories-n-p/community-histories-napranum | url-status=live }} 50px Text was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016190421/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2020 }} licence.

Very restrictive legislation was enacted by the state of Queensland in 1911, making the Protector of Aborigines the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and part-Aboriginal child (until he/she was 21), and the right to confine (or expel) any such person within any Aboriginal reserve or institution, and the right to imprison any Aboriginal or part-Aboriginal person for 14 days if, in the Protector's judgement, they were guilty of neglect of duty, gross insubordination or wilful preaching of disobedience. It also gave powers to the police to confine Aboriginal people to reserves to "protect them from corruption". This latter power was given by Comalco{{Clarify|date=January 2017|reason=how could police power be given by a company?}} in 1957 to justify the removal of Weipa Aboriginal people.Massacres to Mining: The Colonisation of Aboriginal Australia, p. 34. Jan Roberts. 1981. Dove Communications. {{ISBN|0-85924-171-8}}.

In 1932, the community had to relocate to its present site, at Jessica Point now called Napranum because of malaria. It is about {{convert|12|km|mi}} south of the present town of Weipa. At this time most of the people were Awngthim but soon different tribes and clans and other communities were forcibly removed from Old Mapoon. To prevent the spread of malaria, the Old Mapoon settlement was burnt down on 15 November 1963.Massacres to Mining: The Colonisation of Aboriginal Australia, pp. 115–116. Jan Roberts. 1981. Dove Communications. {{ISBN|0-85924-171-8}}.

In 1955 a geologist, Henry Evans (1912–1990), discovered that the red cliffs on the Aboriginal reserve, previously remarked on by the early Dutch explorers and Matthew Flinders, were actually enormous deposits of bauxite – the ore from which aluminium is made – and to a lesser extent tungsten.

The "Comalco Act 1957" revoked the reserve status, giving the company {{convert|5760|km2}} of Aboriginal reserve land on the west coast of the Peninsula and {{convert|5135|km2}} on the east coast of Aboriginal-owned (though not reserve) land.Massacres to Mining: The Colonisation of Aboriginal Australia, p. 97. Jan Roberts. 1981. Dove Communications. {{ISBN|0-85924-171-8}}. Mining commenced in 1960. In 1962, residents accepted Comalco's offer to rebuild the Jessica Point village at a cost of £150,000. By the time building began in 1965, it became clear that funding was inadequate to build houses for the whole community, which contributed towards the Presbyterian Church's decision to hand over responsibility for the mission to the Queensland Government. The community became known as Weipa South after this.

The Weipa Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns was established in 1982.

On 30 March 1985, the Weipa South community elected the Weipa South Aboriginal Council, and the Aboriginal reserve held by the government was transferred to the council on 27 October 1988 under a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT). In 1990, the Weipa South community became known as Napranum, meaning "meeting place of the people". The DOGIT lands became known as the Napranum DOGIT in 1991. In 1992, the Peppan people, originally located to the east of Napranum, were granted freehold title to former Aboriginal reserve land, which had been leased to the Commonwealth for the construction of Scherger Air Force Base. This was the first real compensation to the people of Napranum for use of their land.

In 1995 a major industrial dispute occurred between Comalco and its workforce to maintain union coverage, pay and conditions.{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Liz |date=2020 |title=Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/defending-unionism-the-weipa-dispute-1995/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}

On 1 January 2005, the Napranum Aboriginal Council became the Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the town of Weipa had a population of 3,899 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=UCL315098|name=Weipa (UCL)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the town of Weipa had a population of 4,097 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=UCL315098|name=Weipa (UCL)|accessdate=20 June 2024|quick=on}}

Weipa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw), with three distinct seasons; which vary in their intensity and duration. The wet season, which runs from January to April, is characterised by high humidity, warm nights and heavy downpours; as well as occasional monsoonal lows and tropical cyclones. The dry season, running from May to September, features hot and dry days, cooler nights and little rainfall. The build-up season, running from October to December, is oppressively hot and humid, with frequent days over {{convert|35.0|C}}, with infrequent, heavy downpours associated with severe thunderstorms.

Temperatures remain hot year-round, with average maxima ranging from {{convert|31.1|C}} in July to {{convert|35.9|C}} in November. Average annual rainfall is {{convert|1968.5|mm|in|abbr=on}}, and the highest daily rainfall recorded was {{convert|356.0|mm}} during the passage of Tropical Cyclone Oswald on 23 January 2013.{{cite web

|url = https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=27045 |title = Weipa Aero Climate (1972-2024) |publisher = FarmOnline Weather |access-date = July 16, 2024}} Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|9.6|C}} on 3 August 1990 to {{convert|40.1|C}} on 29 October 2022.{{cite web

|url = https://www.farmonlineweather.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=27042 |title = Weipa Eastern Ave Climate (1914-2024) |publisher = FarmOnline Weather |access-date = July 16, 2024}}

While most climate data was taken from Weipa Airport, extreme temperatures were combined from the older Eastern Ave and newer Airport weather stations (1959-2024).

{{Weather box

| location = Weipa (12º37'48"S, 141º52'48"E, 20 m AMSL) (1990–2024 normals, extremes 1959–2024)

| single line = yes

| metric first = yes

| Jan record high C = 37.5

| Feb record high C = 35.7

| Mar record high C = 35.7

| Apr record high C = 35.3

| May record high C = 35.5

| Jun record high C = 35.5

| Jul record high C = 35.7

| Aug record high C = 35.9

| Sep record high C = 38.6

| Oct record high C = 40.1

| Nov record high C = 39.6

| Dec record high C = 39.2

| Jan high C = 32.0

| Feb high C = 31.5

| Mar high C = 31.9

| Apr high C = 32.3

| May high C = 31.9

| Jun high C = 31.2

| Jul high C = 31.1

| Aug high C = 32.2

| Sep high C = 34.5

| Oct high C = 35.8

| Nov high C = 35.9

| Dec high C = 34.0

| Jan low C = 24.3

| Feb low C = 24.3

| Mar low C = 24.0

| Apr low C = 23.0

| May low C = 21.5

| Jun low C = 20.1

| Jul low C = 19.1

| Aug low C = 18.9

| Sep low C = 20.0

| Oct low C = 21.9

| Nov low C = 23.5

| Dec low C = 24.3

| Jan record low C = 20.0

| Feb record low C = 20.1

| Mar record low C = 19.1

| Apr record low C = 14.4

| May record low C = 12.7

| Jun record low C = 10.2

| Jul record low C = 9.9

| Aug record low C = 9.6

| Sep record low C = 13.9

| Oct record low C = 13.2

| Nov record low C = 17.8

| Dec record low C = 20.1

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 500.8

| Feb precipitation mm = 501.4

| Mar precipitation mm = 404.0

| Apr precipitation mm = 111.4

| May precipitation mm = 19.8

| Jun precipitation mm = 3.3

| Jul precipitation mm = 1.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 4.5

| Sep precipitation mm = 1.8

| Oct precipitation mm = 20.0

| Nov precipitation mm = 92.4

| Dec precipitation mm = 291.6

| year precipitation mm = 1968.5

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 16.1

| Feb precipitation days = 15.6

| Mar precipitation days = 14.8

| Apr precipitation days = 7.3

| May precipitation days = 1.9

| Jun precipitation days = 0.4

| Jul precipitation days = 0.4

| Aug precipitation days = 0.5

| Sep precipitation days = 0.4

| Oct precipitation days = 1.4

| Nov precipitation days = 4.9

| Dec precipitation days = 11.5

| Jan afthumidity = 73

| Feb afthumidity = 76

| Mar afthumidity = 70

| Apr afthumidity = 59

| May afthumidity = 52

| Jun afthumidity = 49

| Jul afthumidity = 44

| Aug afthumidity = 41

| Sep afthumidity = 37

| Oct afthumidity = 39

| Nov afthumidity = 46

| Dec afthumidity = 60

| Jan dew point C = 24.0

| Feb dew point C = 24.3

| Mar dew point C = 23.4

| Apr dew point C = 21.5

| May dew point C = 19.4

| Jun dew point C = 17.8

| Jul dew point C = 15.9

| Aug dew point C = 15.2

| Sep dew point C = 15.5

| Oct dew point C = 17.0

| Nov dew point C = 19.3

| Dec dew point C = 22.4

| Jan sun = 164.3

| Feb sun = 144.1

| Mar sun = 186.0

| Apr sun = 234.0

| May sun = 254.2

| Jun sun = 237.0

| Jul sun = 254.2

| Aug sun = 275.9

| Sep sun = 285.0

| Oct sun = 303.8

| Nov sun = 285.0

| Dec sun = 232.5

| Jan percentsun = 41

| Feb percentsun = 41

| Mar percentsun = 49

| Apr percentsun = 66

| May percentsun = 71

| Jun percentsun = 69

| Jul percentsun = 72

| Aug percentsun = 76

| Sep percentsun = 79

| Oct percentsun = 79

| Nov percentsun = 75

| Dec percentsun = 58

| source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology (1990–2024 normals, extremes 1959–2024){{cite web

|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_027045_All.shtml

|title = Weipa Airport Climate Statistics (1972-2024)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 16, 2024}}

{{cite web

|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_027042_All.shtml

|title = Weipa Eastern Ave Climate Statistics (1914–2024)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 16, 2024}}

| source =

}}

File:Mining equipment at the Comalco bauxite mine; Weipa.jpg

The present town was constructed mainly by Comalco (now called Rio Tinto), a large aluminium company, which began making trial shipments of bauxite to Japan in 1962. A railway was constructed to transport the ore from the mine at Andoom to the export facility at Lorim Point.The Heavy-duty Industrial Railway at Weipa Buckland, John L. Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, June, 1975 pp143-148 Weipa bauxite mine is among the world's largest. Using figures from 2006, Reuters reported that it ranked third in the world, with capacity and production at 15.5 and 16.1 million tonnes respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL15774125 |title=FACTBOX-World bauxite reserves and production |work=Reuters|date=6 February 2007 |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=23 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723061629/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL15774125 |url-status=live }}

There are two schools in Weipa.

The Western Cape College is a government co-educational school; it provides early childhood (kindergarten), primary and secondary schooling. It is on the corner of Central and Eastern Avenues in Rocky Point ({{Coord|-12.6269|141.8805|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Western Cape College}}).{{Cite web|url=https://westerncapecollege.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|title=Western Cape College|publisher=Western Cape College|access-date=22 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202014111/https://westerncapecollege.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=2 February 2017}} In 2015, the school had an enrolment of 1,073 students with 93 teachers (90 full-time equivalent).{{Cite web|url=https://westerncapecollege.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/WesternCapeCollegeSAR2015.pdf|title=2015 School Annual Report|publisher=Western Cape College|access-date=22 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202004051/https://westerncapecollege.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/WesternCapeCollegeSAR2015.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017}}

St Joseph's Parish School is a Roman Catholic co-educational primary school at 2 Boundary Road, Rocky Point ({{Coord|-12.6293|141.8802|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's Parish School, Weipa}}). Opened in 2016, the school only offered enrolment in years P–3 but expected to be able to offer enrollment across all primary levels (P–6) in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stjosephsweipa.qld.edu.au/about-us/join-us/|title=Join Us|date=18 November 2015 |publisher=St Joseph's Parish School|access-date=22 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202013709/http://www.stjosephsweipa.qld.edu.au/about-us/join-us/|archive-date=2 February 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cns.catholic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/St-Josephs-Newsletter-1-May-2015.pdf|title=School newsletter|date=April 2015|website=Catholic Education|publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns|access-date=22 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154309/http://www.cns.catholic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/St-Josephs-Newsletter-1-May-2015.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2016}}

File:Weipa DC (5423512673).jpg

Weipa has a visitor's centre, swimming pool, bowling green, golf club, tennis and squash courts. There are netball and basketball courts as well as football fields. Weipa Town Authority operates a public library at Hibberd Drive in Weipa.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/weipa/hibberd_library|title=Hibberd Library|website=Public Libraries Connect|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005707/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/weipa/hibberd_library|archive-date=3 February 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2 February 2018}}

At Nanum the shopping precinct has a Woolworths supermarket, bakery, coffee shop, travel agent, clothing shop, post office, newsagency / sports shop and butchers. There is also a chemist, camping and fishing store and within walking distance is a gift shop, furniture and whitegoods store, credit union and government social security office. At Evans Landing there are a hardware store and a number of mechanical workshops.{{cite web |url= http://queenslandplaces.com.au/weipa |title= Weipa |publisher= Centre for the Government of Queensland |access-date= 17 January 2011 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110307191649/http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/weipa |archive-date= 7 March 2011 }}

St Joseph's Catholic Church is on Boundary Road at Rocky Point. It is within the Weipa Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.{{Cite web|title=Weipa Parish|url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/weipa.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118203307/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/weipa.html|archive-date=18 November 2020|access-date=19 November 2020|website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns}}

A number of well-known sporting clubs represent the local area, including Carpentaria Golf Club, Weipa BMX Club, Weipa Bowls Club, weipa Darts Club, Weipa Squash Club, Weipa Tennis Club and Snooker club Weipa RLFC and Weipa Cricket Club who play home games at Andoom Oval.{{cite web | url=https://www.weipatownauthority.com.au/sport-recreation | title=Sport & Recreation }}

Weipa Fishing Classic and Weipa Rodeo Association

File:AU-Qld-Weipa Central Avenue road.jpg|Main road through Weipa township

File:AU-Qld-Weipa Mission River bridge.jpg|Weipa Mission River bridge

File:AU-Qld-Weipa coastal bay.jpg|Coastal beach and bay near Wallaby Island

File:AU-Qld-Weipa Nanum beach.jpg|Coastal beach at Nanum suburb

File:AU-Qld-Weipa caravan park.jpg|Raised cabins at caravan park near the beach

File:AU-Qld-Weipa Lake Patricia freshwater pond.jpg|Former mining pit, now a freshwater pond

File:AU-Qld-Weipa Woolworths car park.jpg|Car park at Woolworths shopping centre, mostly 4WDs

File:AU-Qld-Weipa police station.jpg|Weipa police station

File:AU-Qld-Weipa Trunding suburb housing.jpg|Standard style of housing in Trunding suburb

File:AU-Qld-Weipa sunset from Nanum beach area.jpg|Sunset over the Gulf of Carpentaria

{{Portal|Queensland}}

• Weipa Airport
• RAAF Base Scherger, also former site of Weipa Immigrant Detention Centre

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{{Commons category|Weipa, Queensland}}

• [http://monolith.com.au/capeyork/drive-to-cape-york.html "A Cape to Adventure"] A description of a 4WD journey to Cape York by Roderick Eime
• [http://www.cooktowns.com/ Cooktown Shire Official web page]
• [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an21527894 Collection of photographs taken by Wolfgang Sievers in 1957 "Presbyterian Mission Station Weipa" held at National Library of Australia, Canberra]
• [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/weipa University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Weipa]
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma997016354702061 Napranum cha Newspaper], State Library of Queensland- digitised issues of Weipa newspaper produced by Weipa South Community Editorial Committee
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99184216979802061 Weipa People Documentary], State Library of Queensland

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