Mission River, Queensland: Difference between revisions

| coordinates = {{coord|-12.6627|141.9877|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mission River (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 987974

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|20162021}}

| pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2016Census2021/>

| dist1 = 11.8 <!-- road distances as per template instructions -->

| dir1 = SE

| location1 = [[Weipa]]

| dist2 = 642

| dir2 = NW

| location2 = [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]]

| dist3 = 811

| dir3 = NW

| location3 = [[Cairns]]

| dist4 = 2464

| dir4 = NNW

| location4 = [[Brisbane]]

| near-n = [[Mapoon, Queensland|Mapoon]]

| near-ne = [[Wenlock, Queensland|Wenlock]]

| near-e = [[Wenlock, Queensland|Wenlock]]

| near-se = [[Archer River, Queensland|Archer River]]

| near-s = [[Aurukun, Queensland|Aurukun]]

| near-sw = ''[[Gulf of Carpentaria]]''

| near-w = ''[[Weipa Town|Weipa & suburbs]]''

| near-nw = ''[[Gulf of Carpentaria]]''

'''Mission River''' is a coastal rural [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] split between the [[Shire of Cook]] and the [[Aboriginal Shire of Napranum]] in [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|45794|Mission River|locality in Shire of Cook|accessdate=29 December 2017}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|20162021}}, Mission River had a population of 987974 people.<ref name=Census2016Census2021/>

Within Mission River are the [[Enclave and exclave|enclaves]] of [[Evans Landing, Queensland|Evans Landing]], [[Nanum, Queensland|Nanum]], [[Rocky Point, Queensland (Weipa Town)|Rocky Point]], [[Trunding, Queensland|Trunding]], and [[Weipa Airport]], all of which are part of [[Weipa Town]].<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=8|access-date=14 NovemberJanuary 20182021}}</ref>

''[[Linngithigh dialect|Linngithigh]]'' (also known as ''Winda Winda'' and ''Linginiti'') an [[Australian Aboriginal language]] spoken by the Linngithigh people. The Linngithigh language region includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the [[Shire of Cook|Cook Shire Council]]: [[Cape York Peninsula|Western Cape York]], Winda Winda Creek, Mission River, and [[Archer River, Queensland|Archer River]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/95?embed=true|title=Linngithigh|last=|first=|date=|website=State Library of Queensland|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423091733/https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/95?embed=true|archive-date=23 April 2021|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>

[[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, Queensland|Mission River]]. The language region includes areas within the local government boundaries of Weipa Town Council and [[Shire of Cook|Cook Shire]].<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/129?embed=true|title=Thaynakwith|author=|date=|website=Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Mission River had a population of 987 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31880|name=Mission River (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>