Cape Tribulation Kulki (Kuku-Yalanji) | |||||||||||||
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 Cape Tribulation | |||||||||||||
  Cape Tribulation | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates:16°02′05″S145°25′09″E / 16.0347°S 145.4191°E /-16.0347; 145.4191 (Cape Tribulation (centre of locality)) | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1930s | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 125.6 km2 (48.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 123 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.979/km2 (2.536/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4873 | ||||||||||||
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Cape Tribulation (Kuku-Yalanji:Kulki)[3] is a headland and coastallocality in theShire of Douglas in northernQueensland, Australia.[4][5] In the2021 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 123 people.[2]
The locality is 110 km (68 mi) north ofCairns. It is within theDaintree National Park and theWet TropicsWorld Heritage area. It is within thelocal government area ofShire of Douglas (between 2008 and 2013, it was within theCairns Region).
Cape Tribulation Bloomfield Road enters the locality from the south (Thornton Beach) and exits to the north (Bloomfield).[6]
The locality contains a small number of bed and breakfast eco lodges, tourism resorts and backpacker hostels. A few very rare plants can be found on Cape Tribulation.[7]
Kuku Yalanji (also known asGugu Yalanji,Kuku Yalaja, andKuku Yelandji) is anAustralian Aboriginal language of theMossman andDaintree areas ofNorth Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area ofShire of Douglas andShire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree,Bloomfield River, China Camp,Maytown,Palmer, Cape Tribulation andWujal Wujal.[8]
Yalanji (also known asKuku Yalanji,Kuku Yalaja,Kuku Yelandji, andGugu Yalanji) is anAustralian Aboriginal language ofFar North Queensland. The traditional language region isMossman River in the south to theAnnan River in the north, bordered by thePacific Ocean in the east and extending inland to west ofMount Mulgrave. This includes the local government boundaries of theShire of Douglas, theShire of Cook and theAboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal and the towns and localities ofCooktown,Mossman,Daintree, Cape Tribulation andWujal Wujal. It includes the head of thePalmer River, theBloomfield River,China Camp,Maytown, andPalmerville.[9]
Cape Tribulation was named by Britishnavigator LieutenantJames Cook on 10 June 1770 (log date) after his ship scraped a reef north-east of the cape at 6pm, whilst passing over it. Cook steered away from the coast into deeper water but, at 10.30pm, the ship ran aground on what is now namedEndeavour Reef. The ship stuck fast and was badly damaged, desperate measures being needed to prevent itfoundering until it was refloated the next day. Cook recorded "...the north point [was named] CapeTribulation because "here begun all our troubles".[10]
In the 1930s, some Europeansettlers arrived in Cape Tribulation, but they found the rainforest environment an extremely challenging one within which to establish a settlement. Various ventures such as fruit and vegetable farming, fishing, cattle and timber cutting, were started and abandoned over the years, and having weekly barges as the only transport in and out was another limitation. In the 1960s, a rough track wasbulldozed and the first vehicle access created, although the road remained afour-wheel drive track until the early 1990s. In 2002, the road was finally sealed all the way to Cape Tribulation and, in early 2011, the last bridge was built, creating year round all weather access to Cape Tribulation for the first time.[11]
In 1983, Cape Tribulation became widely known because of theblockade on theBloomfield Track. The local government had decided to bulldoze a road through the rainforest north of Cape Tribulation to complete the coastal road toCooktown. Protesters tried to stop the bulldozers and occupied trees to prevent their destruction.[12] While wild scenes, with a large police and media presence, ensued at the southern end, the road was completed in three short weeks because the road builders approached from northern end and flanked the protestors.[13] By then, the state and federal governments had started to realise the value of the ancient rainforest and, despite protests from the local council, the forests surrounding Cape Tribulation were given World Heritage Listing in 1988.[14]
In the2016 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 118 people.[15]
In the2021 census, Cape Tribulation had a population of 123 people.[2]
There are no schools in Cape Tribulation. The nearest government primary schools areBloomfield River State School in neighbouringBloomfield to the north andAlexandra Bay State School inDiwan to the south. There are no government secondary schools nearby; the alternatives aredistance education and boarding school.[6]
The average annual rainfall for Cape Tribulation is 3,900 millimetres (150 in).[16]
There are a number of lookouts in the locality, including:
This Wikipedia article incorporatesCC BY 4.0licensed text from:"Kuku Yalanji".Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map.State Library of Queensland. Retrieved28 January 2020. This Wikipedia article incorporatesCC BY 4.0licensed text from:"Yalanji".Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map.State Library of Queensland. Retrieved5 February 2020.
