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Old Mapoon - QLD

Old Mapoon

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Position

DEG: -11.95954 141.900696

DMS: 11º 57' 34.35" S 141º 54' 2.5" E

UTM: 54 L 8677761mN 598067mE

Altitude: 8m

Address & Contact

Unnamed Road
Mapoon QLD 4874

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: https://www.mapoon.qld.gov.au/our-history

Information

Site of the original Mapoon Aboriginal Mission.

On the 15th November 1963, 24 men, women and children were forcibly removed by Queensland Police and sent to Red Island Point (now Seisia) for resettlement at New Mapoon at Bamaga.

PlaceID	122316

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Scherger at 15/09:00pm EST

Distance from Old Mapoon 75.77km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.3°C	27.5°C	58%	17.4°C	1014.1hPa	0.0mm	E	7km/hr 4knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Weipa Aero

Distance from Old Mapoon 79.84km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.9	31.5	31.8	32.3	31.8	31.1	31.0	32.0	34.4	35.6	35.6	33.8
Mean Min. °C	24.2	24.2	23.8	22.8	21.2	19.9	18.9	18.7	19.8	21.9	23.5	24.2
Mean Rain mm	483.8	526.1	409.6	101.0	18.3	3.5	1.6	6.0	1.5	24.4	109.4	284.1