Aurukun

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Indigenous community locality town

Aurukun is a remote Indigenous community and coastal town in Far North Queensland, Australia, located on the western side of Cape York Peninsula.

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Aurukun canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous community ⓘ
locality ⓘ
town ⓘ
airportIATAcode AUU ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coastType mangrove-lined coast ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceTo about 178 km south of Weipa by road ⓘ
about 800 km northwest of Cairns (by air/road) ⓘ
electoralDivisionFederal Leichhardt ⓘ
electoralDivisionState Cook ⓘ
governingBody Aurukun Shire Council ⓘ
hasAirport Aurukun Airport ⓘ
hasArtCentre Aurukun Art Centre ⓘ
hasCommunityControlledOrganisations Indigenous organisations providing local services ⓘ
hasDrySeason roughly May to October ⓘ
hasHealthFacility primary health care clinic ⓘ
hasPoliceStation Queensland Police Service station in Aurukun ⓘ
hasReligiousFacilities Christian churches ⓘ
hasSchool Aurukun State School ⓘ
hasStore community store ⓘ
hasWetSeason roughly November to April ⓘ
isCoastal true ⓘ
knownFor Aurukun Indigenous art ⓘ
Wik and Kugu cultural heritage ⓘ
languageGroup Kugu ⓘ
Wik ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Shire of Aurukun ⓘ
locatedIn Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOn western side of Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
majorIndigenousLanguageRegion Wik-Mungkan ⓘ
nearestMajorMiningTown Weipa ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ⓘ
postcode 4892 ⓘ
primaryAccess air ⓘ
unsealed road (seasonal) ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities art and cultural production ⓘ
community services ⓘ
local government services ⓘ
region Far North Queensland ⓘ
remotenessClassification very remote community ⓘ
roadConnection Peninsula Developmental Road (via access roads) ⓘ
state Queensland ⓘ
timeZone Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ
surface form: AEST
traditionalOwners Wik peoples ⓘ
utcOffset +10:00 ⓘ

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Cape York Peninsula → contains → Aurukun ⓘ