Shire of Carpentaria
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The Shire of Carpentaria is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia on the Gulf of Carpentaria, for which it is named.
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Normanton, Queensland
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Normanton is an outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 census, the locality of Normanton had a population of 1,391 people, and the town of No
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…24,757.3 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1883. Its two main population centres are the towns of Karumba, a fishing port, and Normanton, the administrative centre, both of which are located on the Norman River. The Doonmunya Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions…
Entry into Normanton
Old Customs House, Normanton, ca. 1913. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
War memorial, Normanton, 2019
Normanton ANZAC Roll of Honour, 2019