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Coen is a town and coastal locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[3][4] The town of Coen is inland on the Peninsula Developmental Road, the main road on the Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland. In the 2016 census, Coen had a population of 364 people.[1]

Coen
Queensland
Coen
Coordinates13.9436°S 143.1986°E / -13.9436; 143.1986
Population364 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.03739/km2 (0.09684/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4892
Elevation199 m (653 ft)[2]
Area9,735.2 km2 (3,758.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC10)
Location
  • 2,210 km (1,373 mi) NW of Brisbane
  • 551 km (342 mi) NW of Cairns
  • 248 km (154 mi) NW of Laura
LGA(s)Shire of Cook
State electorate(s)Cook
Federal division(s)Leichhardt
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
30.2 °C
86 °F
20.0 °C
68 °F
1,183.3 mm
46.6 in
Localities around Coen:
Archer River Lockhart River Lockhart River
Archer River Coen Coral Sea
Holroyd River Yarraden Coral Sea

Geography


The locality of Coen is on the eastern side of Cape York Peninsula with the Coral Sea forming its eastern boundary. Part of the northern boundary follows the Archer River, while the Coen River forms part of its western boundary. The Peninsula Developmental Road runs roughly north to south through the locality.


History


Kaanju (also known as Kaanju and Kandju) is a language of Cape York. The Kaanju language now known as Southern Kaantju language is the local language for the region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Cook Shire Council.[5]

In 1623, Jan Carstensz, the navigator of the ship Pera of the Dutch East India Company named a river on Cape York Peninsula after Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Today that river is known as the Archer River and the name Coen River is given to one of its tributaries.[3][4]

Gold was discovered on the Coen River in 1876. Coen came into being first as a small fort built by gold miners and prospectors in May 1877 but this first gold rush quickly came to an end, and the settlement did not recover until 1883. It became a centre for several small goldmines in the region but, in 1893, the rich Great Northern mine boomed and the town became a more substantial place.

Coen Post Office opened on 20 June 1893 (a receiving office had been open from 1888).[6]

The Great Northern mine continued operations until 1916 and produced some 52,000 troy ounces (1,617 kg) of gold before it closed.

As gold mining declined from around the 1930s, Coen still remained an important administrative and social centre for the surrounding Cape York communities.  Also, during the Second World War, Coen was an important part of the forward defence network.  Isolation was however still a challenge, in particular in regard to communication, with one of the last pack horse runs in Queensland operating out of Coen as late as the 1950s.  As well, until the 1960s, when the Weipa-Bamaga area was developed, Coen was the most northerly town on Cape York Peninsula.[7]

In the 2011 census, Coen had a population of 416 people.[8]

On 3 July 2014, Barry Port retired from the Queensland Police. He was Australia's last Aboriginal police tracker. In his 36 years working for the police, he has tracked criminals, missing people and stowaways.[9][10]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Coen had a population of 364 people.[1]


Facilities


Today Coen provides services to the region, and is an important supply point on the long unpaved road leading to Weipa and other northern communities. It is a popular stopping point for tourists driving to the tip of Cape York - the northernmost part of the Australian mainland.

It has an airstrip at Coen Airport (24 kilometres (15 mi) north of the town), public library, hotel/motel, guest house, two general stores and fuel outlets, hospital, post office, police station, camping grounds, primary school kindergarten, ranger base and more. There is a scheduled air service to Lockhart and Cairns four times a week.

Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church is in Taylor Street. It is within the Cooktown Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.[11]


Attractions


Small gold mine near Coen. 1990
Small gold mine near Coen. 1990

Coen is an ideal destination for birdwatchers: there are good accommodations and a large and varied bird fauna with representatives from rain forest, monsoon forest and coastal forests.


Heritage listings


Coen has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:


Climate


Coen has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with distinct wet and dry seasons. Daytime temperatures are usually over 30 °C (86 °F) most of the year. The dry season runs from May to October. The temperatures in this season can drop below 10 °C (50 °F) in the coolest months between May and August, and it can peak further above 35 °C (95 °F) in the build up months between September and November. The wet season occurs from December to March and is characterized by frequent torrential downpours and high humidity. This season is also generally associated with the arrival of the monsoon trough and tropical cyclones.

Climate data for Coen
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 38.4
(101.1)
38.0
(100.4)
36.0
(96.8)
34.5
(94.1)
34.7
(94.5)
34.3
(93.7)
33.6
(92.5)
35.2
(95.4)
37.6
(99.7)
39.5
(103.1)
40.6
(105.1)
40.0
(104.0)
40.6
(105.1)
Average high °C (°F) 32.1
(89.8)
31.2
(88.2)
31.1
(88.0)
30.6
(87.1)
29.9
(85.8)
28.8
(83.8)
28.5
(83.3)
29.5
(85.1)
31.1
(88.0)
32.8
(91.0)
34.1
(93.4)
33.7
(92.7)
31.1
(88.0)
Average low °C (°F) 23.4
(74.1)
23.4
(74.1)
23.1
(73.6)
21.9
(71.4)
20.1
(68.2)
17.8
(64.0)
17.1
(62.8)
17.4
(63.3)
18.7
(65.7)
20.7
(69.3)
22.4
(72.3)
23.3
(73.9)
20.8
(69.4)
Record low °C (°F) 19.2
(66.6)
20.0
(68.0)
17.9
(64.2)
12.2
(54.0)
11.5
(52.7)
9.5
(49.1)
7.5
(45.5)
7.8
(46.0)
11.0
(51.8)
10.0
(50.0)
16.3
(61.3)
18.5
(65.3)
7.5
(45.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 306.1
(12.05)
303.5
(11.95)
256.2
(10.09)
74.5
(2.93)
11.4
(0.45)
3.4
(0.13)
1.4
(0.06)
1.5
(0.06)
0.8
(0.03)
13.2
(0.52)
58.9
(2.32)
152.2
(5.99)
1,183.1
(46.58)
Average rainy days 19.4 19.7 17.5 7.8 3.4 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 1.8 5.4 11.4 90.7
Average relative humidity (%) 72.5 77.5 74.0 67.0 65.0 62.5 60.0 56.0 51.5 49.5 53.5 62.0 62.6
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology[13]

Footnotes


  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coen (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. Bureau of Meteorology Archived 2 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Retrieved 2008-01-27
  3. "Coen (town) (entry 7669)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  4. "Coen (locality) (entry 46123)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  5. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  7. "Queensland Places - Coen | State Library Of Queensland". www.slq.qld.gov.au. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Coen (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  9. McKillop, Charlie (3 July 2014). "Queensland's last Aboriginal police tracker calls it a day". Bush Telegraph. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  10. Fraser, Cleo (3 July 2014). "Australia's last police tracker retires". The Australian. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  11. "Cooktown Parish". Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  12. "Coen Carrier Station (former) (entry 601485)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  13. "Climate statistics for Coen Airport Evap". Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

References



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Коен (англ. Coen) — населённый пункт в районе Кук, Квинсленд, Австралия. Находится в северо-восточной части полуострова Кейп-Йорк. В 2016 году население Коена составило 364 человека[1].



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