The Mossman River is a river in lower Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.[5]
| Mossman River | |
|---|---|
 The Mossman River during the wet season, 2010 | |
  Location of Mossman River mouth in Queensland | |
| Etymology | In honour of Hugh Mosman[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Queensland |
| Region | Far North Queensland, Cape York Peninsula |
| City | Mossman |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Great Dividing Range |
| • location | below Devil's Thumb |
| • coordinates | 16°25′46″S 145°15′14″E / 16.42951°S 145.25384°E |
| • elevation | 1,050 m (3,440 ft) |
| Mouth | Trinity Bay, Coral Sea[1] |
• location | between Newell and Cooya Beach |
• coordinates | 16°26′05″S 145°24′19″E / 16.43474°S 145.40533°E[1] |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 24 km (15 mi) |
| Basin size | 218.2 km2 (84.2 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 5.1 m3/s (160 GL/a)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| National park | Daintree National Park |
| [4] | |
Geography
editThe headwaters of the river rise under Devils Thumb on the Mount Carbine Tableland in the Great Dividing Range. The river flows through a deeply incised valley in the Mount Lewis Forest Reserve in an easterly direction and then through the Mossman Gorge, part of the Daintree National Park,[6] and onto the coastal plain past the township of Mossman, where the river is crossed by the Captain Cook Highway. The river eventually discharges into Trinity Bay and the Coral Sea between Newell and Cooya Beach. The river descends 1,050 metres (3,440 ft) over its 24-kilometre (15 mi) course.[4]
The river has a catchment area of 472 square kilometres (182 sq mi) of which an area of 16 square kilometres (6 sq mi) is composed of estuarine wetlands.[7]
History
editThe traditional language area of Kuka-Dyangan (also known as Djangun, Gugu Djangun and Kuka Djangun) includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Douglas Shire and Cook Shire.[8]
Yalanji (also known as Kuku Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, Kuku Yelandji, and Gugu Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Far North Queensland. The traditional language region is Mossman River in the south to the Annan River in the north, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west of Mount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of the Shire of Douglas, the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities of Cooktown, Mossman, Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal. It includes the head of the Palmer River, the Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, and Palmerville.[9]
The river was named by the explorer George Dalrymple in 1873 after Hugh Mosman who discovered gold in Charters Towers. Dalrymple wrote "I named this river the Mossman River, after Mossman, an explorer and mining man, member of a very prominent mining family."[2][10]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ a b Hodes, Jeremy. "Far North Queensland Place names mo – my". Queensland History. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ a b "East Coastal Watersheds". Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Map of Mossman River, QLD". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Mossman River – river in the Shire of Douglas (entry 22942)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "About Mossman Gorge". Mossman Gorge, Daintree National Park. Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing, Queensland Government. 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Mossman River drainage basin". WetlandInfo. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Yalanji". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Nomenclature of Queensland.—200". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 21 May 1936. p. 14. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
