Bonnie Doon, Queensland
| Bonnie Doon Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Bonnie Doon | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°27′48″S 145°23′56″E / 16.4633°S 145.3988°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 563 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4873 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18.1 km2 (7.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Bonnie Doon is a locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.[2]
Geography
Bonnie Doon is bounded to the north by the Mossman River, to the east by the Coral Sea, and to the south by the Captain Cook Highway. The South Mossman River and its tributary Cassowary Creek flow from the south and, after, their confluence, the South Mossman River becomes the north-western boundary of the locality, until its confluence with the Mossman River.[3]
History
In October 1878, William Henry Buchanan selected 400 acres of land on the south bank of the Mossman River, calling it Bonnie Doon.[4]
On 22 October 1886, the murder of William Thompson by his wife Ellen Thompson and her lover John Harrison, a worker at Bonnie Doon resulted in both of them being hung at Boggo Road Gaol in Brisbane on 13 June 1887. Ellen Thompson was the only women even hung in Queensland.[5][6]
On 23 August 1897, the sugarcane from Bonnie Doon was the first to be crushed at the Mossman Sugar Mill.[4]
Bonnie Doon Provisional School opened about January 1915 as a half time school, sharing a teacher with Hutton Park Provisional School. They both closed about August 1922.[7]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bonnie Doon (Qld) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Bonnie Doon – locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48536)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Brief History Of Mossman, Far North Queensland". Douglas Shire Historical Society. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Ellen Thomson". Douglas Shire Historical Society. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Execution of Ellen Thompson". The Telegraph. No. 4, 580. Queensland, Australia. 13 June 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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