Doomadgee, Queensland
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Doomadgee Aboriginal Mission, originally known as Dumaji, was located on Bayley Point on the Gulf of Carpentaria
. In 1936 after being destroyed by a cyclone
the community was relocated to Nicholson River. In 1985 the population of Doomadgee was approximately 800.
At the 2006 census
, Doomadgee had a population of 1,052.
As at 2006 the Queensland government, under its commitment to remote locations, has increased its services to Doomadgee, and as at July 2006, eight of 25 Queensland government departments are now represented in Doomadgee. The eight departments are:
Queensland Police Service (nine-officer station),
Queensland Corrective Services (two probation and parole officers),
Queensland Ambulance Service (one ambulance officer, one paramedic),
Department of Education and the Arts,
Department of Employment and Training,
Queensland Health,
TAFE Queensland,
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy.
Queensland Corrective Services is the latest addition to the Queensland government family in Doomadgee with the permanent appointment of two probation and parole officers. One of them is responsible for offenders' compliance with their orders and prosecuting those who contravene their orders. The other officer is responsible for delivering a host of departmental programs to address the criminogenic needs of offenders and as ordered by the courts. From January 2007, the Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council
in the area was given full shire status.
Gulf of Carpentaria
The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea...
. In 1936 after being destroyed by a cyclone
Cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Most large-scale...
the community was relocated to Nicholson River. In 1985 the population of Doomadgee was approximately 800.
At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Doomadgee had a population of 1,052.
As at 2006 the Queensland government, under its commitment to remote locations, has increased its services to Doomadgee, and as at July 2006, eight of 25 Queensland government departments are now represented in Doomadgee. The eight departments are:
Queensland Police Service (nine-officer station),
Queensland Corrective Services (two probation and parole officers),
Queensland Ambulance Service (one ambulance officer, one paramedic),
Department of Education and the Arts,
Department of Employment and Training,
Queensland Health,
TAFE Queensland,
Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy.
Queensland Corrective Services is the latest addition to the Queensland government family in Doomadgee with the permanent appointment of two probation and parole officers. One of them is responsible for offenders' compliance with their orders and prosecuting those who contravene their orders. The other officer is responsible for delivering a host of departmental programs to address the criminogenic needs of offenders and as ordered by the courts. From January 2007, the Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council
Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council
The Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee is a special Local Government Area in North West Queensland, Queensland, Australia. It is managed under a Deed of Grant in Trust under the Local Government Act 2004.-History:...
in the area was given full shire status.