32-481: Download coordinates as: South Mission Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 968 people. As the name suggests, South Mission Beach is south of Mission Beach , although not immediately south as the town of Wongaling Beach lies between them. The three towns are bounded on
64-468: A stable community with the assignment of two young Neuendettelsau missionaries, George Schwarz and Wilhelm Poland). Schwarz stayed for 55 years, and Poland for 20; they added the Hope Vale site. The community was evacuated during World War II because its German missionaries were reclassified as "enemy aliens" and imprisoned for the duration. After the war, Hope Vale was established on a new site. Schwarz
96-537: Is Mission Beach State School in neighbouring Wongaling Beach to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the south-west. South Mission Beach is home to many community groups including a Surf Life Saver's Club, an Outriggers Club and a Scout Group. There are two boat ramps, both managed by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council, at: The Kennedy walking track
128-893: Is a boardwalk that follows the coast just south of the town (starting at the Kennedy Esplanade boat ramp) and is known for giving hikers a glimpse into the coastal rainforests within the region. The Mija Memorial, commemorating the victims of the cyclone at the Hull River Settlement, was unveiled 100 years later, on 10 March 2018. It is at the junction of South Mission Beach Road and the Kennedy Esplanade ( 17°56′14″S 146°05′39″E / 17.93729°S 146.09427°E / -17.93729; 146.09427 ( Mija Memorial ) ). [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article incorporates text from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander missions and reserves in Queensland published by
160-689: Is bounded in the south and south-west by the Hull River with the North Hull River (a tributary of the Hull River) forming part of its north-western boundary. Most of the land in the locality is low-lying (less than 10 metres above sea level) and undeveloped and forms part of the Hull River National Park . However, there are some hills along the south-eastern coastline rising to unnamed peaks of up to 120 metres above sea level. The only development in
192-517: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Cape Bedford Mission The Cape Bedford Mission was the first Christian mission on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia . It
224-599: Is still remembered there; it has remained a cohesive community, home to indigenous activists. Guugu Yimithirr (also known as Koko Yindjir, Gugu Yimidhirr, Guguyimidjir) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Hope Vale and the Cooktown area. The language region includes the local government area of the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and the Shire of Cook , particularly the localities of Cape Bedford, Battle Camp and sections of
256-603: Is the oldest surviving mission in northern Queensland. It is at South Cape Bedford within the present-day locality of Hope Vale ( 15°16′27″S 145°20′42″E / 15.2742°S 145.3449°E / -15.2742; 145.3449 ( Cape Bedford Mission ) ). Founded by Lutheran staff from the Cooper Creek area of South Australia (who also established the Elim Aboriginal mission in Queensland), it became
288-782: The Aboriginals German sentiment and German language." World War I ended the direct involvement of the Neuendettelsau Mission Society in the Cape Bedford mission. The Lutheran synod in Iowa , United States, assumed its financial support for a time; increasingly, it recruited staff from descendants of German immigrants (through the Lutheran Immanuel College in Adelaide ) rather than from Germany. Nevertheless, there
320-596: The Elim community was relocated to Hopevale with the arrival of government teacher Mary Allen. The residents of the Lutheran missions at Marie Yamba and Bloomfield were added in 1901 and 1902. During World War I , Schwarz moved the mission and its residents to Spring Hill , south of the mission reserve and closer to the Cooktown road; as a result, it was now accessible overland as well as by sea. Communications with Neuendettelsau
352-554: The Guugu Yimidhirr language , and soon some of the mission girls were teaching at the school. In 1890, the Queensland government offered a £200 annual subsidy to the mission on condition that lessons be taught in English . This funding stopped in 1893, leaving Schwarz and Poland to teach the students in their choice of language. In 1900, when a government teacher arrived, English instruction resumed. Due to fluctuations in funding, for about
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#1732869984271384-657: The Hull River Aboriginal Settlement . On 15 September 1914 John Martin Kenny , who had previously been a non-commissioned officer of the native police and an overseer at the Cape Bedford Mission was appointed Superintendent at the new settlement. The settlement site was in the north of present-day South Mission Beach. On 10 March 1918 the settlement was demolished by a cyclone and the superintendent and his daughter were killed along with 12 Aboriginal people from
416-629: The Normanby River and Annan River . The Cape Bedford mission was seen as a stepping stone into New Guinea , which Germany had acquired in 1884; Papua was British. Johann Flierl , who was working at the Cooper Creek mission in South Australia , was authorized to start a Lutheran mission in New Guinea. However, he was delayed for several months in Cookstown in 1885 and used this time to establish
448-572: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
480-560: The State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence , accessed on 15 April 2014. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
512-454: The Cape Bedford mission. Flierl stayed for six months before moving to German New Guinea . He was replaced by C. A. Meyer and his wife, Mathilde, from the Cooper Creek mission. In September 1886, George Pfalzer and his wife (also named Mathilde) arrived from Germany to assist Meyer. In January 1887, government start-up funding for the mission was withdrawn. Its support was taken over by
544-543: The Hull River Aboriginal Settlement, European settlers moved to the area to farm. However, access remained principally by sea due to a lack of road access In December 1938 a road from Tully to the Mission Beach area was completed. A township which was established in 1939 was named Kenny in honour of John Martin Kenny of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement, but it was known locally as South Mission Beach and
576-665: The Neuendettelsau Society in Bavaria and German Lutheran communities in southern Australia. After another reorganization of the mission staff, George Schwarz arrived in September 1887 and Wilhelm Poland in 1889. These missionaries and their wives helped stabilize the mission and make it more cohesive. The Polands ran a school at Elim, while Schwarz settled with the young men on a new outstation at Hopevale for agricultural and pastoral work. Poland and Schwarz emphasized teaching in
608-513: The east by a shared sandy beach 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long facing the Coral Sea commencing at Clump Point in Mission Beach at the northern end through to Tam O'Shanter Point in South Mission Beach at the southern end ( 17°58′00″S 146°06′00″E / 17.9666°S 146.1000°E / -17.9666; 146.1000 ( Tam O'Shanter Point ) ). South Mission Beach
640-427: The first 15 years of the mission's existence its residents were at least trilingual . Thirteen years after the mission's founding, the first adults were baptised in 1899 (before the adult baptisms, a few girls had been baptised in 1896 and 1897). In August 1892, a deathbed baptism was performed. In 1903, when the church opened at Hopevale, 12 residents were baptised: six girls, one boy and five young men. In 1900,
672-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
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#1732869984271704-422: The locality is residential along the north-east coast where the land is freehold. The locality of South Mission Beach includes the former township of Kenny. Tam O'Shanter Point creates two bays to the north and south of the headland, Lugger Bay to the north ( 17°57′59″S 146°05′48″E / 17.9665°S 146.0966°E / -17.9665; 146.0966 ( Lugger Bay ) ) and Kennedy Bay to
736-586: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
768-466: The settlement. According to a report on the destruction of the settlement, over 400 Aboriginal people lived on the reserve at the time of the cyclone. The Hull River settlement was not rebuilt and many of the people were relocated from the reserve to Palm Island in 1918. All the materials at the Hull River settlement that might be useful at Palm Island were removed and then abandoned. After the removal of
800-489: The south ( 17°58′34″S 146°05′49″E / 17.9762°S 146.0969°E / -17.9762; 146.0969 ( Kennedy Bay ) ). Dunk Island lies off the coast. There is only one road into the locality, South Mission Beach Road, which is a side-road of the more major Tully Mission Beach Road which connects to the Bruce Highway at Birkalla immediately to the north of Tully . The area lies within
832-575: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
864-713: The traditional tribal territory of the JiDjiru -speaking Aboriginal people, who were closely related linguistically and culturally to the Jirrbal , Gulngay and Mamu speaking people in the adjacent rainforests. Tam O'Shanter Point was named by Captain Owen Stanley of the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Rattlesnake , after the barque Tam O'Shanter which was the ship sailed by explorer Edmund Kennedy to North Queensland on his ill-fated expedition to reach Cape York Peninsula . Kennedy Bay
896-594: Was a lingering sense that the mission was "too German." In 1933, the mission was given to the United Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Australia (UELCA). The outbreak of World War II brought fears about the loyalties of Aboriginal people educated by Germans and in close contact with the Japanese in the marine industries. On 11 May 1942, American army trucks arrived; Schwarz was arrested, and everyone else
928-402: Was disrupted, and supervision of the mission devolved to a Brisbane -based Lutheran committee. Although Schwarz was naturalised in 1905, married to an Australian woman and his children were Australian-born and spoke only English, one of the mission's neighbours called him an "officially-pampered Hun " and accused the government of "subsidizing an institution conducted by an enemy subject to teach
960-549: Was named after Edmund Kennedy. The first European settlers in the general area were the Cutten family at present day Bingil Bay and the Garner family at present day Garners Beach . In 1912 the settlers arrived at present day South Mission Beach (the Reid family, Ben Beamon and George Webb). In September 1913, 2,900 acres of land on the Hull River were gazetted as an Aboriginal Reserve creating
992-418: Was officially renamed so on 1 November 1963. The former township of Kenny was named after John Martin Kenny of the Hull River Aboriginal Settlement. In the 2016 census , the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 932 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of South Mission Beach had a population of 968 people. There are no schools in South Mission Beach. The nearest government primary school
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1024-588: Was transported to the Cooktown wharf for transport to the Aboriginal reserve at Woorabinda in central Queensland. During their seven years in exile, 60 residents died. In 1949, a group returned to the Hope Vale site to reestablish the mission. The army had taken over the land, and damage had been done by it and by storms. The mission was rebuilt on a new site on the Endeavour River , 25 kilometres (16 mi) from
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