Lower Cowley, Queensland
Lower Cowley is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.
Geography
Liverpool Creek flows through Lower Cowley and enters the Coral Sea at Cowley Beach. The land is flat and low-lying and is used to grow crops, predominantly sugarcane. There is a cane tramway through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.
History
The locality takes its name from Cowley Beach, which in turn is named after horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley, who was the overseer at Kamerunga State Nursery.
Cowley Lower State School opened on 10 May 1937 and closed in 1956.
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 64 people.
In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Cowley (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Lower Cowley – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45719)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lower Cowley (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
